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256 West 47 Street

268Records
14City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10036 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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268 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 56 311 service requests, 42 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 42 FDNY inspections.

BoroughManhattan 10036
Built1926
Floors4
Res. units0
ClassJ4
Owner (PLUTO)CLARENCE PROPERTY LL
BBL1010180057
BIN1024747, 1086774

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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

23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (11) · Illegal Parking (4) · Noise (4) · Street Condition (2) · Non (1) · Street Light Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$2,280,443 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (15 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$5,251,000 $2,362,950
2026$5,369,000 $2,416,050
2027$5,497,000 $2,473,650

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

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Lena Horne TheatreAmericanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 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

Subway49 St — N R W · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown only)
50 St — C E · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 46 St — M20 M104 · 200 ft
Citi BikeW 45 St & 8 Ave · 500 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.

Report a problem to 311

256 West 47 Street

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

23 311 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

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2006-07-14Agreement $3,783,520 — from FIFTH STREET HOLDINGS LLC to 46TH STREET DEVELOPMENT, LLC $3,783,520
2005-07-13Agreement $8,242,700 — from CLARENCE PROPERTY, LLC; NEDERLANDER AMUSEMENT CORPORATION OF MAR; NEDERLANDER THEATRICAL C to 46TH STREET DEVELOPMENT LLC $8,242,700
2005-02-24Deed $200,000 — from ALL STATE AMUSEMENT CORPORATION OF ILLIN to NEDERLANDER, JAMES L $200,000

Ten-year activity

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
29
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170341219
20180731323
2019731415
202002316
202122228
2022744217
2023433111
20249315229
20251142421
2026206210
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The full timeline

Construction 66Enforcement 57Housing & tenants 56Ownership & money 42Health & systems 47

Every one of the 268 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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