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20 Union Square

597Records
15City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10003 · Neighborhood: Gramercy
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597 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 290 311 service requests, 69 DOB job filings, 59 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10003
Built1907
Floors5
Res. units0
ClassJ7
Owner (PLUTO)DIFT
BBL1008710001
BIN1017788

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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

96 service requests in the last three years. Most common: For Hire Vehicle Complaint (38) · Illegal Parking (16) · Noise (14) · Encampment (10) · Sidewalk Condition (5) · Taxi Complaint (5).

Filed construction activity

$2,225,590 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (20 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$6,753,000 $3,038,850
2026$6,904,000 $3,106,800
2027$7,069,000 $3,181,050

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

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Daryl Roth TheatreAmericanA—
Rubyzaar BakedOtherAMice evidence
Strawberro LLCNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

3 restaurants · 1 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

Subway14 St-Union Sq — 4 5 6 L N Q R W · 100 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial
BusNearest boarding stop: Union Sq East / E 15 St — M1 M2 M3 · 100 ft
Citi BikeE 16 St & Irving Pl · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)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

20 Union Square

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

96 311 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: $1,000,000 on 1995-06-09 (lender: Walt Disney Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1995-06-09Mortgage $1,000,000 — from HOUSE OF BLUES NEW YORK RESTAURANT CORP. to WALT DISNEY COMPANY $1,000,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201722170223
2018105280043
2019115120028
202060140222
2021143330454
2022107280247
202367130329
2024155270956
202574261139
2026120420357
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The full timeline

Construction 162Enforcement 85Housing & tenants 290Ownership & money 28Health & systems 32

Every one of the 597 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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