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959 8 Avenue

1,680Records
15City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
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1,680 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 469 DOB permits, 469 DOB job filings, 433 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1928
Floors42
Res. units0
ClassRB
Owner (PLUTO)UNAVAILABLE OWNER
BBL1010477502
BIN1025451

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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.

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

220 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (111) · Encampment (21) · Noise (15) · Non (11) · Street Condition (11) · Derelict Vehicles (9).

Filed construction activity

$9,753,621 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (116 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$208,421,400 $93,789,630
2026$142,063,200 $63,928,440
2027$127,621,400 $57,429,616

The city's market estimate has fallen 39% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)C — ENERGY STAR score 62/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO6FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Cafe 57AmericanA—
Hearst Corporation EdrAmericanA—
Hearst Good Housekeeping InstituteAmericanA—
Panera Bread #6283SandwichesA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

4 restaurants · 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), shared by 4 restaurants · 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 · 100 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: full
57 St-7 Av — N Q R W · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 56 St — M20 M104 · 200 ft
Citi BikeW 56 St & 8 Ave · 250 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

959 8 Avenue

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

220 311 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.

Ten-year activity

2001000
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
163
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201712415637
201825121249
2019252523679
202014021136
202124113341
202246125274
202339727679
202416434660
20253811222163
202613053571
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The full timeline

Construction 995Enforcement 199Housing & tenants 433Ownership & money 8Health & systems 45

Every one of the 1,680 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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