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681 8 Avenue

519Records
12City systems
0Open violations
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Manhattan · ZIP 10036 · Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
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519 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 227 311 service requests, 93 DOB permits, 53 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10036
Built1929
Floors3
Res. units0
ClassJ9
Owner (PLUTO)PALACE FUNDING INC.
BBL1010340029
BIN1024967

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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

54 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (8) · Noise (6) · Cannabis Retailer (6) · Encampment (6) · Consumer Complaint (5) · Dirty Condition (4).

Filed construction activity

$367,289 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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$8,017,000 $3,607,650
2026$8,197,000 $3,688,650
2027$8,392,000 $3,776,400

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Studio Seaview TheatreAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2015 (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

SubwayTimes Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 100 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: W 43 St / 8 Av — M34A-SBS · 100 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeW 42 St & 8 Ave · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
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.

Report a problem to 311

681 8 Avenue

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

54 311 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: $751,421 on 2025-08-19 (lender: East West Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-08-19AL&R $17,300,000 — from PALACE FUNDING INC. to EAST WEST BANK $17,300,000
2025-08-19Mortgage $751,422 — from PALACE FUNDING INC. to EAST WEST BANK $751,422
2025-08-19Agreement $17,300,000 — from PALACE FUNDING INC. to EAST WEST BANK $17,300,000
2017-12-26M&CON $20,000,000 — from PALACE FUNDING INC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $20,000,000
2012-10-02AL&R $18,000,000 — from PALACE FUNDING INC. to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $18,000,000
2012-10-02Mortgage $12,765,410 — from PALACE FUNDING INC. to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $12,765,410
2012-10-02Agreement $18,000,000 — from PALACE FUNDING INC. to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $18,000,000
2001-02-12Mortgage $2,250,913 — from PALACE FUNDING INC., to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $2,250,913
1997-10-08Mortgage $4,000,000 — from PALACE FUNDING, INC. to CHINA TRUST BANK OFNEW YORK $4,000,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201748143231
201834200128
2019123140332
202000130013
202103210024
202212170020
202341100015
202401100112
2025101144231
202631290235
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The full timeline

Construction 146Enforcement 99Housing & tenants 228Ownership & money 32Health & systems 14

Every one of the 519 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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