454 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 133 311 service requests, 88 DOB permits, 68 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
| Open HPD violations | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2000-08-25. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
31 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (7) · Food Establishment (4) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Sewer (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Water System (1).
$3,355,600 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,968,000 | $4,485,600 |
| 2026 | $10,849,000 | $4,882,050 |
| 2027 | $11,990,000 | $5,395,500 |
The city's market estimate has risen 20% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 62/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 10) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cava | Mediterranean | A | — |
| Gregory's Coffee | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
| Upside Pizza | Pizza | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
3 restaurants · 0 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), shared by 3 restaurants
4 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contaminated, Kitchen/Food Prep Area, Rodents/Insects/Garbage), 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 2014 (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 | Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 40 St — M3 M4 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 40 St & 5 Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
278 Madison Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
31 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $4,000,000 on 2017-08-03 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-03 | AL&R $4,000,000 — from DOM BEN REALTY CORPORATION to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $4,000,000 | |
| 2017-08-03 | Mortgage $4,000,000 — from DOM BEN REALTY CORPORATION to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $4,000,000 | |
| 2017-08-03 | Agreement $660,267 — from DOM BEN REALTY CORPORATION to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $660,267 | |
| 2011-09-28 | Agreement $1,456,679 — from DOM BEN REALTY CORPORATION to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $1,456,679 | |
| 1990-11-20 | Mortgage $3,400,000 — from DOM BEN REALTY CORPORATI to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $3,400,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 34 |
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| 2019 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Every one of the 454 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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