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944 8 Avenue

243Records
13City systems
0Open violations
0Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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243 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 82 311 service requests, 40 boiler inspections, 39 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1910
Floors5
Res. units3
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)NEWRIDGE REALTY, LLC
BBL1010270062
BIN1024887

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0. In ZIP 10019, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

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: Dirty Condition (16) · Homeless Person Assistance (4) · Food Establishment (2) · New Tree Request (1) · Consumer Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$727,004 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (13 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1910)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)NEWRIDGE REALTY, LLC
Head officerDANIEL T MCGEE
Managing agentORPHEUS MANAGEMENT CORP
Last registered2025-09-05

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,074,000 $1,383,300
2026$3,197,000 $1,438,650
2027$3,452,000 $1,553,400

The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Dave's Hot ChickenAmericanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Food Spoiled) · 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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2020 (0 in the last three years).

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 · 200 ft
Citi BikeW 56 St & 8 Ave · 100 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

944 8 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by ORPHEUS MANAGEMENT CORP — 7 buildings, 50 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1714 2 Avenue MN12 A
1498 3 Avenue MN12 A
1683 1 Avenue MN8 A
1579 York Avenue MN8 A
1534 3 Avenue MN4 B
1587 2 Avenue MN3 A
944 8 Avenue MN3 A

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
1999-08-30Mortgage $40,500 — from RELATED/AMSI, L.P.; 56TH STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. to BAYERISCHE HYPO-UNDVEREINSBANK AG $40,500
1999-08-30Mortgage $10,800,000 — from RELATED/AMSI, L.P.; 56TH STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. to BAYERISCHE HYPO-UNDVEREINSBANK AG $10,800,000
1989-06-27Mortgage $499,000 — from NEWRIDGE RLTY CORP to EAST NEW YORK SVGS BK $499,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201771008
201800246
201910247
20200016420
2021008412
20221307828
2023206513
202420248
2025005510
20260018422
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The full timeline

Construction 65Enforcement 14Housing & tenants 90Ownership & money 28Health & systems 46

Every one of the 243 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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