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214 West 50 Street

92Records
14City systems
2Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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92 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 15 DOB permits, 12 311 service requests, 11 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1920
Floors5
Res. units0
ClassO5
Owner (PLUTO)214 WEST 50TH STREET, LLC
BBL1010210048
BIN1024803

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations2 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1993-04-29.

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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

2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: New Tree Request (1) · Panhandling (1).

Filed construction activity

$230,200 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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.

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)C,A,F BWAY,INC FRANK,CO INC
Head officerCHESTER,A FRANK
Managing agentCHESTER,A FRANK
Last registered1993-04-01

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,073,000 $932,850
2026$2,083,000 $937,350
2027$2,146,000 $965,700

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
SubwaySandwichesAMice 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

Subway50 St — 1 · 100 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: none
50 St — C E · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
BusNearest boarding stop: W 49 St / 7 Av — M50 · 350 ft
Citi BikeBroadway & W 48 St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs
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

214 West 50 Street

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

2 311 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: $150,000 on 1982-04-02 (lender: Sills, Philip and Sobota, Leo). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1982-04-02Mortgage $150,000 — from C.A.F.BROADWAY,INC. to SOBOTA, LEO; SILLS, PHILIP $150,000

Ten-year activity

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2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
10
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201701102
201801113
201902114
202020013
202110012
202200112
202300022
2024601310
202500134
202600044
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The full timeline

Construction 26Enforcement 19Housing & tenants 18Ownership & money 8Health & systems 21

Every one of the 92 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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