4,315 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,271 DOB permits, 1,004 DOB job filings, 728 311 service requests.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$3,750 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
236 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (99) · Vendor Enforcement (39) · Non (31) · Street Condition (9) · Panhandling (9) · Consumer Complaint (8).
$141,503,905 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (307 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 | $6,242,990 | $2,809,346 |
| 2026 | $0 | $0 |
| 2027 | $0 | $0 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 100% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 42/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO6FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fooda | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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.
9 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2012 (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 | 49 St — N R W · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown only) 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr — B D F M · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 7 Av / W 44 St — M7 M20 M104 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | 6 Ave & W 45 St · 750 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 051 Elias Howe Middle: M.S. 297. 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.
1538 Broadway
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
236 311 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | RPTT&RET $237,532,500 — from SPUSV5 1540 BROADWAY ACC CO, LLC to MSD RCOF PARTNERS CXVIII, LLC | $237,532,500 | |
| 2025-01-16 | RPTT $3,675,648 — from SPARC GROUP HOLDINGS II LLC to COPPER RETAIL JV LLC | $3,675,648 | |
| 2022-04-05 | Agreement $348,714,661 — from SPUSV5 1540 BROADWAY, LLC to MSD RCOF PARTNERS XXXVII, LLC | $348,714,661 | |
| 2022-04-05 | Mortgage $43,803,104 — from SPUSV5 1540 BROADWAY, LLC to MSD RCOF PARTNERS XXXVII, LLC | $43,803,104 | |
| 2022-04-05 | Mortgage $52,482,235 — from SPUSV5 1540 BROADWAY, LLC to MSD RCOF PARTNERS XXXVII, LLC | $52,482,235 | |
| 2022-04-05 | AL&R $445,000,000 — from SPUSV5 1540 BROADWAY, LLC to ACREFI CS U, LLC; ATHENE ANNUITY AND LIFE COMPANY DOING BU; MSD PCOF PARTNERS LXIII, LLC; | $445,000,000 | |
| 2019-05-20 | RPTT $163,027,577 — from MANHATTAN HIGH STREET HOLDINGS LLC to 1540 BROADWAY HOLDINGS LLC | $163,027,577 | |
| 2019-05-20 | RPTT $163,027,577 — from MANHATTAN HIGH STREET HOLDINGS LLC to 1540 BROADWAY HOLDINGS LLC | $163,027,577 | |
| 2019-05-20 | RPTT $163,027,577 — from MANHATTAN HIGH STREET HOLDINGS LLC to 1540 BROADWAY HOLDINGS LLC | $163,027,577 | |
| 2019-05-20 | RPTT $163,027,577 — from MANHATTAN HIGH STREET HOLDINGS LLC to 1540 BROADWAY HOLDINGS LLC | $163,027,577 | |
| 2016-07-15 | Agreement $450,700,000 — from SPUSV5 1540 BROADWAY, LLC to DEKABANK DEUTSCHE GIROZENTRALE | $450,700,000 | |
| 2016-07-15 | Mortgage $100,700,000 — from SPUSV5 1540 BROADWAY, LLC to DEKABANK DEUTSCHE GIROZENTRALE | $100,700,000 | |
| 2014-11-15 | RPTT $5,941,469 — from MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2, LLC; MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2, LLC to CITIZENS ICON HOLDINGS, LLC; CITIZENS ICON HOLDINGS, LLC | $5,941,469 | |
| 2014-11-15 | RPTT $5,941,469 — from MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2, LLC; MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2, LLC to CITIZENS ICON HOLDINGS, LLC; CITIZENS ICON HOLDINGS, LLC | $5,941,469 | |
| 2012-07-17 | RPTT&RET $690,891 — from ALL STAR CAFE (NEW YORK), INC. to VORNADO 1540 BROADWAY, LLC | $690,891 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 58 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 121 |
| 2018 | 78 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 131 |
| 2019 | 71 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 150 |
| 2020 | 50 | 27 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 114 |
| 2021 | 65 | 24 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 141 |
| 2022 | 49 | 8 | 87 | 14 | 6 | 164 |
| 2023 | 35 | 10 | 103 | 0 | 4 | 152 |
| 2024 | 30 | 7 | 102 | 1 | 4 | 144 |
| 2025 | 36 | 12 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 126 |
| 2026 | 134 | 3 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 197 |
Every one of the 4,315 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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