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48 Park Avenue

442Records
16City systems
18Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10016 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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442 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 88 DOB job filings, 77 DOB permits, 76 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1931
Floors12
Res. units0
ClassP2
Owner (PLUTO)THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB
BBL1008660042
BIN1017184

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations18 total — 12 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2015-02-02.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Litter Basket Request (2) · Street Condition (2) · Air Quality (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$2,477,883 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (25 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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB
Head officerJOHN R FARRINGTON
Managing agentDUNCAN C BURNS
Last registered2011-05-04

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$21,684,000 $9,757,800
2026$22,170,000 $9,976,500
2027$22,698,000 $10,214,100

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

Building systems

Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
The Union League ClubAmericanA—

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 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 37 St — M1 M2 Q32 · 350 ft
Citi BikeE 35 St & Madison Ave · 600 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

48 Park Avenue

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

17 311 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: $2,409,679 on 2021-11-03 (lender: Signature Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2021-11-03AL&R $7,000,000 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY; THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB to SIGNATURE BANK $7,000,000
2021-11-03Mortgage $2,409,680 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY; THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB to SIGNATURE BANK $2,409,680
2021-11-03Agreement $7,000,000 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY; THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB to SIGNATURE BANK $7,000,000
2018-07-02Agreement $3,000,000 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB; THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY to SIGNATURE BANK $3,000,000
2018-07-02Agreement $3,000,000 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB; THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY to SIGNATURE BANK $3,000,000
2018-07-02Agreement $2,700,000 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY; THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB to SIGNATURE BANK $2,700,000
2018-07-02Agreement $2,700,000 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY; THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB to SIGNATURE BANK $2,700,000
2014-07-18AL&R $3,000,000 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY to SIGNATURE BANK $3,000,000
2014-07-18AL&R $2,700,000 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY to SIGNATURE BANK $2,700,000
2014-07-18Mortgage $3,000,000 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY to SIGNATURE BANK $3,000,000
2014-07-18Mortgage $2,700,000 — from THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, NEW YORK CITY to SIGNATURE BANK $2,700,000
1985-10-29Mortgage $224,502 — from UNION LEAGUE CLUB to EAST RIVER SAVINGS BK $224,502

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017810311840
20187674731
2019113016
2020002035
202160115224
202270120322
20236173219
2024115110330
20251060613
20267040617
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The full timeline

Construction 165Enforcement 102Housing & tenants 92Ownership & money 25Health & systems 58

Every one of the 442 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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