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538 9 Avenue

309Records
10City systems
0Open violations
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Manhattan · ZIP 10018 · Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
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309 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 106 311 service requests, 47 rodent inspections, 38 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10018
Built1920
Floors1
Res. units0
ClassK1
Owner (PLUTO)TAVERN ESTATES INC
BBL1007630073
BIN1013697

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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

32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (12) · Noise (5) · Street Condition (3) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (2) · Panhandling (2) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (1).

Filed construction activity

$3,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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$3,410,000 $1,534,500
2026$3,619,000 $1,628,550
2027$3,232,000 $1,454,400

The city's market estimate has fallen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
2 Bros Pizza, Corvo CoffeePizzaA—
Blue RuinAmericanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 1 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

SubwayTimes Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 9 Av / W 38 St — M11 M34A-SBS · 450 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeW 39 St & 9 Ave · 200 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. 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

538 9 Avenue

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

32 311 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: $117,370 on 2022-04-14 (lender: First Republic Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-04-14Agreement $3,150,000 — from TAVERN ESTATES INC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $3,150,000
2022-04-14Mortgage $117,371 — from TAVERN ESTATES INC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $117,371
2022-04-14AL&R $3,150,000 — from TAVERN ESTATES INC to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $3,150,000
2012-05-17Agreement $3,350,000 — from TAVERN ESTATES INC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $3,350,000
2012-05-17Mortgage $25,343 — from TAVERN ESTATES INC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $25,343
2012-05-17Mortgage $3,350,000 — from TAVERN ESTATES INC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $3,350,000
2008-06-12AL&R $3,500,000 — from TAVERN ESTATES INC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $3,500,000
2008-06-12Mortgage $3,500,000 — from TAVERN ESTATES INC to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $3,500,000
1982-10-27Mortgage $4,200,000 — from WINSTON NETWORK, INC. to METROMEDIA, INC. $4,200,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170101213
2018070512
2019080816
20201120013
202108008
2022484319
202301201224
2024192416
2025080210
20261130317
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The full timeline

Construction 73Enforcement 58Housing & tenants 106Ownership & money 19Health & systems 53

Every one of the 309 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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