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55 8 Avenue

405Records
11City systems
0Open violations
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Manhattan · ZIP 10014 · Neighborhood: West Village
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405 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 273 311 service requests, 33 DOB complaints, 31 rodent inspections.

BoroughManhattan 10014
Built1977
Floors1
Res. units0
ClassG3
Owner (PLUTO)51 EIGHTH AVENUE LLC
BBL1006160046
BIN1011074

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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.

$23,190 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

228 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (117) · Food Establishment (34) · Dirty Condition (17) · Building/Use (8) · General Construction/Plumbing (7) · Air Quality (7).

Filed construction activity

$10,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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$1,228,000 $552,600
2026$1,297,000 $583,650
2027$1,356,000 $610,200

The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Smacking BurgerHamburgersA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

34 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Odor, No Permit or License) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

Subway14 St — A C E L · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
14 St — 1 2 3 F L M · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 4 St — M20 · 150 ft
Citi BikeGreenwich Ave & 8 Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityShared bike route mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 041 Greenwich Village
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

55 8 Avenue

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

228 311 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: $2,950,000 on 2014-04-09 (lender: Manufacturers And Traders Trust Company), covering 38 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2014-04-09Mortgage $2,950,000 — from EAST RIVER PETROLEUM REALTY, LLC; LIBERTY PETROLEUM REALTY, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $2,950,000
2014-04-09Agreement $65,197,000 — from EAST RIVER PETROLEUM REALTY, LLC; LIBERTY PETROLEUM REALTY, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $65,197,000
2014-04-09Agreement $65,197,000 — from NOVA PETROLEUM REALTY, LLC; LIBERTY PETROLEUM REALTY, LLC; NOVA PETROLEUM SUPPLIERS, LLC; to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $65,197,000
2014-04-09Mortgage $52,262,040 — from EAST RIVER PETROLEUM REALTY, LLC; LIBERTY PETROLEUM REALTY, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $52,262,040

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201700167
201800549
201901056
202000123
2021406212
20222620129
202300516
20240563169
2025041034111
202602862292
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The full timeline

Construction 30Enforcement 52Housing & tenants 273Ownership & money 16Health & systems 34

Every one of the 405 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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