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686 Avenue of the Americas

95Records
10City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

95 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 32 311 service requests, 25 DOB permits, 11 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10010
Built1847
Floors3
Res. units0
ClassK2
Owner (PLUTO)MCDONALDS CORPORATION
BBL1008230082
BIN1015556

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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

3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Poisoning (1) · Taxi Complaint (1) · Food Establishment (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,000,910 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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$1,990,000 $895,500
2026$2,292,000 $1,031,400
2027$2,151,000 $967,950

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
McDonald'sHamburgersAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Toilet Facility) · 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.

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

Subway23 St — F M · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
23 St — 1 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 6 Av / W 20 St — M7 M55 · 350 ft
Citi BikeW 21 St & 6 Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 011: The Sarah J. Garnet Elementary 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 Avenue of the Americas

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

3 311 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.

Ten-year activity

20100
2017
2018
11
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017613010
201840105
2019902011
202014207
202110102
202200505
202320518
202410113
202500112
202600101
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The full timeline

Construction 36Enforcement 16Housing & tenants 32Ownership & money 5Health & systems 6

Every one of the 95 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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