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236 West 56 Street

78Records
12City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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78 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 26 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 11 DOB violations, 10 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1960
Floors3
Res. units0
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)236 WEST 56TH REALTYCRP
BBL1010270057
BIN1024883

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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

3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (1) · Street Condition (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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$3,415,000 $1,536,750
2026$3,482,000 $1,566,900
2027$3,610,000 $1,624,500

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Patsy's Italian RestaurantItalianGrade PendingMice 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

Subway59 St-Columbus Circle — 1 A B C D · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
57 St-7 Av — N Q R W · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 56 St — M20 M104 · 300 ft
Citi BikeW 56 St & 8 Ave · 200 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

236 West 56 Street

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

3 311 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: $2,000,000 on 2017-08-01 (lender: City National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2017-08-01Mortgage $2,000,000 — from 236 WEST 56TH ST. REALTY CORP. to CITY NATIONAL BANK $2,000,000
2017-08-01AL&R $2,000,000 — from 236 WEST 56TH ST. REALTY CORP. to CITY NATIONAL BANK $2,000,000
2003-12-30Mortgage $17,000,000 — from 56TH STREET RETAIL, L.L.C.; 56TH STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. to BAYERISCHE HYPO-UND VEREINSBANK AG $17,000,000
2000-09-13Mortgage $46,700,000 — from BERTELSMANN 56TH STREET COMMERCIAL LLC; 56TH STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. to BAYERISCHE HYPO-UNDVEREINSBANK AG $46,700,000
1999-06-28Mortgage $185,025 — from 236 WEST 56TH ST. REALTY CORP. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $185,025
1990-03-27Mortgage $800,000 — from 236 WEST 56 ST RTY CP to INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBK $800,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201710203
201821003
201910001
202010012
202110001
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202302013
202400202
202502013
202611024
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The full timeline

Construction 13Enforcement 18Housing & tenants 12Ownership & money 26Health & systems 9

Every one of the 78 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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