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501 8 Avenue

887Records
19City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10018 · Neighborhood: Chelsea-Hudson Yards
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887 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 214 DOB permits, 189 311 service requests, 178 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10018
Built1930
Floors25
Res. units0
ClassO4
Owner (PLUTO)505 8TH CORP
BBL1007590037
BIN1013575

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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.

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (4) · Noise (4) · Lost Property (3) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Dirty Condition (2).

Filed construction activity

$4,696,032 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (57 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$63,137,000 $28,411,650
2026$63,398,000 $28,529,100
2027$63,512,000 $28,580,400

The city's market estimate has risen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 78/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
The Tailor Public HouseFrenchGrade Pending—

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

Subway34 St-Penn Station — A C E · under 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: full
34 St-Penn Station — 1 2 3 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 34 St — M20 M34A-SBS · 300 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeW 35 St & 8 Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 051 Elias Howe
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

501 8 Avenue

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

25 311 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: $3,820,000 on 1999-01-26 (lender: Bank Of New York). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2018-01-02RPTT $28,050,000 — from LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC to CENTURY LINK INC. $28,050,000
2010-04-28RPTT&RET $73,123,490 — from DUANE READE SHAREHOLDERS LLC to WALGREEN CO $73,123,491
1999-01-26Mortgage $3,820,000 — from 505 EIGHTH CORP. to BANK OF NEW YORK $3,820,000
1988-12-15Mortgage $4,500,000 — from 505 EIGHTH CORP to GOLDIE-ANNA CHARTBLETR $4,500,000

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
78
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017286601858
2018481871478
201927150731
202049160231
2021182101233
202211360323
20237180521
2024521001128
20255090317
20268060620
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The full timeline

Construction 403Enforcement 201Housing & tenants 192Ownership & money 22Health & systems 69

Every one of the 887 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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