416 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 160 311 service requests, 86 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 59 DOB permits.
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.
88 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (71) · Dumpster Complaint (11) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1) · Panhandling (1) · Noise (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$11,715,966 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (17 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 | $28,206,000 | $12,692,700 |
| 2026 | $28,839,000 | $12,977,550 |
| 2027 | $29,526,000 | $13,286,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: CHARITABLE
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Friedman Theatre | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Subway | 50 St — C E · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) 49 St — N R W · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 46 St — M20 M104 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | 8 Ave & W 49 St · 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.
261 West 47 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
88 311 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: $13,635,000 on 2018-12-17 (lender: Mesa West Core Lending Fund, LLC), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-17 | Agreement $138,240,000 — from BILTMORE OWNER, LLC to MESA WEST CORE LENDING FUND, LLC | $138,240,000 | |
| 2018-12-17 | Mortgage $13,635,000 — from BILTMORE OWNER, LLC to MESA WEST CORE LENDING FUND, LLC | $13,635,000 | |
| 2018-12-17 | Mortgage $22,940,000 — from BILTMORE OWNER, LLC to MESA WEST CORE LENDING FUND, LLC | $22,940,000 | |
| 2008-10-07 | Deed $21,888,226 — from BILTMORE THEATRE, LLC to MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB, INC. | $21,888,226 | |
| 2005-03-25 | Mortgage $128,200,000 — from BILTMORE TOWER, LLC to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY | $128,200,000 | |
| 2005-03-25 | Mortgage $128,200,000 — from BILTMORE TOWER, LLC to FANNIE MAE | $128,200,000 | |
| 2002-06-10 | Mortgage $145,000,000 — from BILTMORE TOWER, LLC; BILTMORE THEATER, LLC to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY | $145,000,000 | |
| 1987-02-06 | Mortgage $1,200,000 — from MURRAY HILL INVSTMTSINC to SACKMAN MORTGAGE CORP | $1,200,000 | |
| 1986-06-25 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from MURRAY HILL INVSTMTSINC to MANUFACTURERS & ETAL | $1,000,000 | |
| 1986-03-05 | Mortgage $678,713 — from MURRAY HILL INVEST INC to SHARCAR INC; BILTMORE THEATRE CORP | $678,713 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2022 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 33 |
| 2024 | 22 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
Every one of the 416 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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