159 EAST 85 STREET is a late-20th-century 1960 building, 1 unit in Upper East Side, NYC. Owned by FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK. Public records show 133 311 complaints on file.
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Manhattan · March 2026
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ACRIS deeds and regulatory filings
Illegal Parking — Parking Permit Improper Use
Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
Illegal Parking — License Plate Obscured
Illegal Parking — Parking Permit Improper Use
Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
Illegal Parking — Parking Permit Improper Use
Illegal Parking — Parking Permit Improper Use
Illegal Parking — Parking Permit Improper Use
Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
Monthly counts over the last 7 years · all data sources
No HPD records on file in the last 7 years.
The Upper East Side in the 80s and 90s is old-money Manhattan at its most refined — Yorkville's German heritage peeks through, Museum Mile continues along Fifth, and quiet residential blocks make it one of the city's best family neighborhoods.