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520 8 Avenue

2,394Records
18City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10018 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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2,394 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 722 DOB permits, 605 DOB job filings, 377 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10018
Built1926
Floors24
Res. units0
ClassO4
Owner (PLUTO)NEW 520 GSH LLC
BBL1007860001
BIN1083624, 1083626

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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

122 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (22) · Homeless Person Assistance (19) · Food Establishment (10) · Consumer Complaint (8) · Obstruction (6) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (6).

Filed construction activity

$17,615,195 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (115 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$120,770,000 $54,346,500
2026$121,297,000 $54,583,650
2027$121,524,000 $54,685,800

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

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Above NYC RooftopAmericanNot yet graded—
Chef YuChineseGrade PendingMice evidence
Gregory's CoffeeCoffee/TeaAMice evidence
Harry BagelsBagels/PretzelsB—
Lady Wilde'sAmericanNot yet gradedMice evidence
Soma SaladsSaladsA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

6 restaurants · 3 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

3 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 6 restaurants
10 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Contains Foreign Object, Food Contaminated), shared by 6 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2012 (0 in the last three years).

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 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 37 St — M20 M34A-SBS · 150 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi Bike8 Ave & W 38 St · 400 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

520 8 Avenue

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

122 311 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: $2,623,855 on 2022-05-03 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-05-03Mortgage $2,623,855 — from NEW 520 TRIPLE CROWN LLC; NEW 520 EIGHTH LLC; 38TH AND 8TH LLC; NEW 520 GSH LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS $2,623,855
2022-05-03Agreement $87,000,000 — from NEW 520 GSH LLC; NEW 520 EIGHTH LLC; NEW 520 TRIPLE CROWN LLC; 38TH AND 8TH LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS $87,000,000
2022-05-03AL&R $87,000,000 — from NEW 520 EIGHTH LLC; 38TH AND 8TH LLC; NEW 520 GSH LLC; NEW 520 TRIPLE CROWN LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS $87,000,000
2019-10-30RPTT&RET $35,500,000 — from THE ESTATE OF GEORGE S. KAUFMAN; BESSEMER TRUST COMPANY, N.A. to EJH 34TH & 10TH LLC $35,500,000
2019-10-24Sold for $35,500,000 $35,500,000 $341,346
2012-06-19AL&R $105,000,000 — from 38TH AND 8TH LLC; NEW 520 GSH LLC; NEW 520 EIGHTH LLC; NEW 520 TRIPLE CROWN LLC to CANTOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LENDING, L $105,000,000
2012-06-19Agreement $105,000,000 — from NEW 520 EIGHTH LLC; 38TH AND 8TH LLC; NEW 520 TRIPLE CROWN LLC; NEW 520 GSH LLC to CANTOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LENDING, L $105,000,000
2012-06-19Mortgage $56,000,000 — from NEW 520 TRIPLE CROWN LLC; 38TH AND 8TH LLC; NEW 520 EIGHTH LLC; NEW 520 GSH LLC to CANTOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LENDING, L $56,000,000
2004-04-07Agreement $49,000,000 — from 38TH AND 8TH LLC; NEW 520 GSH LLC; NEW 520 TRIPLE CROWN LLC; NEW 520 EIGHTH LLC to WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $49,000,000
2004-04-07Mortgage $28,333,524 — from NEW 520 TRIPLE CROWN LLC; NEW 520 EIGHTH LLC; NEW 520 GSH LLC; 38TH AND 8TH LLC to WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $28,333,524
2004-01-29DEEDO $34,865,000 — from GSH 520 8TH AVENUE LLC; LATOC INC. to NEW 520 EIGHTH LLC; NEW TRIPLE CROWN LLC; 38TH AND 8TH LLC $34,865,000
2001-06-06Mortgage $6,000,000 — from GSH 520 8TH AVENUE LLC to EMIGRANT SECURITIESCORP., $6,000,000
1999-05-20Mortgage $29,913,639 — from 729 DEMI-TASSE LLC.; 1552 LONSDALE LLC. to NATREST FUNDING I,INC. $29,913,639
1998-07-28Mortgage $631,508 — from GSH 520 8TH AVENUE,LLC to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK $631,508
1993-07-23Mortgage $670,000 — from 569 OPERATING INC.; 701 OPERATING INC to BANK/TOKYO TRUST CO $670,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017102100123
201841110622
201922102331270
2020197180852
2021214110743
20222154251992
2023913101354
20241845101487
202568141021131
20265612501193
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The full timeline

Construction 1,340Enforcement 471Housing & tenants 378Ownership & money 81Health & systems 124

Every one of the 2,394 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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