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421 E 81st St APT 3FW, New York, NY 10028 · 3FW

Yorkville, Manhattan · 2 BR · $4,300/mo · active as of 9/27/2026

Incomplete
Building records missing

This check is not complete. City building records didn't come back when we asked, so this check is incomplete. That is not the same as a clean record.

This apartment is priced at $4,300, which sits at the 25th percentile for the neighborhood—14% below the median of $5,000 based on 12 comparable listings—making it a competitively priced option for the Upper East Side. However, the listing lacks substantial detail: basic building information like year built, number of units, elevator access, and violation history couldn't be verified through public records, so you'll want to ask the broker from Living New York to provide HPD registration details and confirm building amenities before your visit. The unit is not on the ground floor or basement level, but the specific floor wasn't disclosed, which you should clarify to understand light exposure and walkup requirements if there's no elevator. Pet policy, laundry availability, and lease terms including whether this is a no-fee listing are all listed as unknown, so prepare a checklist of these questions for the viewing. The absence of any flagged concerns in the data is notable, but given how much information is missing, thorough verification at the showing will be essential.

This summary was written before we separated missing records from clean ones. Go by the rows below: where a record says not retrieved, we don't know.

Photos

We couldn't check the 7 photos on this listing. Look at them yourself for wide angle stretching and blown out windows.

We look at the listing's photos where they are published and never store them. These are visual signals, not measurements.

Building

Year built, floors and units were not retrieved.

Open HPD violations
Not retrieved
Class C (immediately hazardous) open
Not retrieved
Heat and hot water complaints, 12 months
Not retrieved
Noise complaints (311), 12 months
Not retrieved
Rodent complaints (311), 12 months
Not retrieved
Bedbug infested units, last filing
Not retrieved

Source: NYC Open Data (HPD violations and complaints, 311, bedbug filings, PLUTO). These are records for the whole building, not this unit, and they lag by days to weeks. Ask the landlord about anything open, which unit it is in and whether it has been fixed.

Who runs it

Listing contact
Living New York, Living New York

Unit

Laundry
unknown
Pets
unknown

Price

Asking
$4,300
Broker fee
not stated
Similar listings we saw (same size, same neighborhood, last 60 days, 12)
median $5,000, middle half $4,300 to $5,995
This listing vs that median
-14%
Comps advertising a concession
None of the 12, so there's no evidence one is on offer

Where we saw it

Dogoo reports describe public records and listing media; they are information, not advice, and the decision is yours. Generated Sep 20, 2:55 AM New York time.