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219 Madison Avenue

283Records
13City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10016 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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283 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 76 DOB permits, 61 DOB job filings, 55 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1927
Floors3.5
Res. units0
ClassP8
Owner (PLUTO)PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
BBL1008660025
BIN1017181, 1088659

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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

6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Noise (2) · Dead/Dying Tree (1).

Filed construction activity

$14,947,546 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (18 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$27,852,000 $12,533,400
2026$28,477,000 $12,814,650
2027$29,156,000 $13,120,200

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

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLLEGE-UNIVERSITY

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Morgan LibraryAmericanA—

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

Subway33 St — 6 · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 37 St — M1 M2 Q32 · 250 ft
Citi BikeE 35 St & Madison Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray
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.

Report a problem to 311

219 Madison Avenue

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

6 311 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

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017312017
201801010314
20197030616
202012000113
202114000014
2022301004
2023422019
2024003227
2025001045
2026302016
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The full timeline

Construction 151Enforcement 78Housing & tenants 22Ownership & money 9Health & systems 23

Every one of the 283 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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