1,027 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 317 311 service requests, 206 DOB permits, 162 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4).
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$7,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
108 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (35) · Illegal Parking (23) · Encampment (7) · Outdoor Dining (6) · Street Condition (6) · Animal (5).
$26,416,887 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (75 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.
| Registered owner(s) | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY |
| Head officer | LINDA CHIARELLI |
| Managing agent | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY |
| Last registered | 2025-10-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $58,345,000 | $26,255,250 |
| 2026 | $59,256,000 | $26,665,200 |
| 2027 | $60,993,000 | $27,446,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: FACULTY STUDENT HSG
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 58/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelina Unionsquare LLC | Not yet graded | — | |
| Pokeworks | Hawaiian | A | — |
| Popup Bagels | Bagels/Pretzels | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
3 restaurants · 0 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 3 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 2022 (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.
| Subway | 14 St-Union Sq — 4 5 6 L N Q R W · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial 14 St — 1 2 3 F L M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 14 St / Union Square West — M14A-SBS M14D-SBS · 400 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | E 16 St & 5 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Sixth Avenue Elementary School Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. 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.
21 Union Square
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
108 311 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.
Managed by NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — 38 buildings, 1,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Bleecker Street | MN | 397 | A |
| 125 West 14 Street | MN | 275 | A |
| 347 East 33 Street | MN | 209 | A |
| 106 East 14 Street | MN | 172 | A |
| 14 Washington Place | MN | 151 | B |
| 130 Mac Dougal Street | MN | 138 | A |
| 320 East 22 Street | MN | 94 | A |
| 79 Washington Square E | MN | 93 | A |
| 1 1/2 5 Avenue | MN | 92 | A |
| 37 Washington Square W | MN | 63 | A |
| 27 Washington Square N | MN | 27 | A |
| 6 East 8 Street | MN | 11 | A |
| 22 East 8 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 36 East 8 Street | MN | 7 | A |
| 12 East 8 Street | MN | 4 | A |
| 16 East 8 Street | MN | 1 | A |
| 18 East 8 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 35 5 Avenue | MN | 0 | — |
| 246 Mercer Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 5 University Place | MN | 0 | — |
| 433 East 30 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 35 Cooper Square | MN | 0 | — |
| 15 Washington Place | MN | 0 | — |
| 126 East 14 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 334 East 26 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 316 3 Avenue | MN | 0 | — |
| 787 Broadway | MN | 0 | — |
| 31 3 Avenue | MN | 0 | — |
| 35 Washington Square W | MN | 0 | — |
| 21 Union Square | MN | 0 | — |
| 38 East 7 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 67 3 Avenue | MN | 0 | — |
| 120 East 12 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 334 East 25 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 89 West 3 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 1 Washington Square N | MN | 0 | — |
| 330 East 25 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 545 1 Avenue | MN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $51,900,000 on 1993-12-21 (lender: Student Loan Marketascn). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-12-21 | Mortgage $51,900,000 — from NEW YORK UNIVERSITY to STUDENT LOAN MARKETASCN | $51,900,000 | |
| 1987-10-05 | Mortgage $8,500,000 — from UNION SQ WEST ASSOCIATES to BANKERS TRUST CO | $8,500,000 | |
| 1986-07-28 | Mortgage $18,253,600 — from UNION SQUARE WEST ASSOCS to BANKERS TRUST COMPANY | $18,253,600 | |
| 1986-07-28 | Mortgage $2,246,400 — from UNION SQUARE WEST ASSOC to BANKERS TRUST CO. | $2,246,400 | |
| 1986-06-30 | Mortgage $5,000,000 — from UNION SQUARE WEST ASSOC to BANKERS TRUST COMPANY | $5,000,000 | |
| 1985-04-18 | Mortgage $4,100,000 — from UNION SQUARE W. ASSOCS to NATIONAL WESTMINSTERBNK | $4,100,000 | |
| 1982-11-09 | Agreement $50,000 — from AMERICAN REFINING CO,INC to CITIBANK, N.A. | $50,000 | |
| 1982-11-09 | Mortgage $50,000 — from AMERICAN REFINING CO,INC to CITIBANK, N.A. | $50,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| 2018 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 54 |
| 2019 | 0 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 45 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 2021 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
| 2022 | 16 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 53 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 36 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 73 |
| 2025 | 46 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 102 |
| 2026 | 69 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 99 |
Every one of the 1,027 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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