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946 8 Avenue

205Records
12City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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205 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 99 311 service requests, 31 DOB permits, 24 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1974
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassK5
Owner (PLUTO)FRANCHISE REALTY INTERST
BBL1010270061
BIN1024886

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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

24 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (4) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (4) · Noise (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Panhandling (2) · Obstruction (2).

Filed construction activity

$1,146,983 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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$3,120,000 $1,404,000
2026$3,181,000 $1,431,450
2027$2,965,000 $1,334,250

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
McDonald'sHamburgersA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Temperature) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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 · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
57 St-7 Av — N Q R W · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 56 St — M20 M104 · 150 ft
Citi BikeW 56 St & 8 Ave · 50 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

946 8 Avenue

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

24 311 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: $17,000,000 on 2003-12-30 (lender: Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank Ag), covering 49 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
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

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201701203
201841308
201900303
202000819
20210122023
2022309113
20233113219
202401416
20250012113
202600606
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The full timeline

Construction 56Enforcement 15Housing & tenants 108Ownership & money 15Health & systems 11

Every one of the 205 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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