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686 Broadway

390Records
14City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10012 · Neighborhood: Greenwich Village
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390 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 85 DOB permits, 75 311 service requests, 57 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10012
Built1993
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassK2
Owner (PLUTO)686 BROADWAY REALTY LLC
BBL1005310003
BIN1008507

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

33 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Mobile Food Vendor (22) · Vendor Enforcement (5) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Encampment (1) · Taxi Complaint (1) · Noise (1).

Filed construction activity

$10,963,800 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (31 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$7,539,000 $3,392,550
2026$7,549,000 $3,397,050
2027$8,624,000 $3,880,800

The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Great Jones Distilling CO.AmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayBleecker St — 6 B D F M · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
8 St-NYU — R W · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 3 St — M1 M55 · 250 ft
Citi BikeGreat Jones St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 003 Charrette School
Middle: M.S. 297. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.

Report a problem to 311

686 Broadway

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

33 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $171,032 on 2016-03-17 (lender: TD Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2023-04-10AL&R $2,419,722 — from 686 BROADWAY REALTY, LLC to TD BANK, N.A. $2,419,722
2023-04-10Agreement $2,419,722 — from 686 BROADWAY REALTY, LLC to TD BANK, N.A. $2,419,722
2021-04-21Agreement $3,100,000 — from 686 BROADWAY REALTY, LLC to TD BANK, N.A. $3,100,000
2016-03-17Mortgage $171,032 — from 686 BROADWAY REALTY LLC to TD BANK, N.A. $171,032
2016-03-17Agreement $3,100,000 — from 686 BROADWAY REALTY LLC to TD BANK, N.A. $3,100,000
2016-03-17AL&R $3,100,000 — from 686 BROADWAY REALTY LLC to TD BANK, N.A. $3,100,000
2006-03-24Agreement $3,840,003 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY REALTY CORP. to 686 BROADWAY REALTY, LLC $3,840,003
2000-06-27Mortgage $1,767,427 — from BROADWAY & MERMAID ASSOCIATES to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $1,767,427
1995-04-12Mortgage $2,700,000 — from BROADWAY & MERMAID ASSOCIATES to COLUMBIA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK $2,700,000
1983-05-20Mortgage $2,150,440 — from CALIHAN, JOSEPH L. to PITTSBURGH NTL BANK $2,150,440
1983-05-20Agreement $2,150,440 — from CALIHAN, JOSEPH L. to PITTSBURGH NTL BANK $2,150,440

Ten-year activity

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2017
49
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2021
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017021115
2018301301549
201924530739
202019070127
2021103113027
2022043029
20232052211
202460270134
20253060211
2026100012
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The full timeline

Construction 150Enforcement 86Housing & tenants 75Ownership & money 40Health & systems 39

Every one of the 390 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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