113 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 34 311 service requests, 24 rodent inspections, 10 boiler inspections.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 75% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 4.5. In ZIP 10036, 62% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1984-05-09. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Rodent (3) · Dirty Condition (2) · Encampment (1) · Derelict Vehicles (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$9,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1901) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (10) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 502 W 47TH ST LLC |
| Head officer | FRANK A DEGUZMAN |
| Managing agent | REFCO MANAGEMENT COMPANY INC |
| Last registered | 2025-08-21 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,176,000 | $2,329,200 |
| 2026 | $4,771,000 | $2,146,950 |
| 2027 | $3,817,000 | $1,717,650 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 26% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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.
| Subway | 50 St — C E · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 10 Av / W 47 St — M11 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 47 St & 10 Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| 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.
502 West 47 Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
8 311 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.
Managed by REFCO MGMT CO INC — 14 buildings, 197 units. Grades across the portfolio: A14. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 424 East 77 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 448 East 84 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 320 East 90 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 326 East 73 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 312 East 89 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 328 East 73 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 344 East 87 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 1645 York Avenue | MN | 19 | A |
| 148 East 83 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 502 West 47 Street | MN | 10 | A |
| 286 Union Avenue | BK | 5 | A |
| 342 East 84 Street | MN | 5 | A |
| 171 Prospect Place | BK | 4 | A |
| 46 Wilson Avenue | BK | 4 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $140,000 on 1992-01-29 (lender: Rice, Jack Co-Admin and Rice, Marvin Co-Admin). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-01-29 | Mortgage $140,000 — from GEOFFROY, JOHN to RICE, MARVIN CO-ADMIN; YELLEN, JOSPHINE EST/; RICE, JACK CO-ADMIN | $140,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Every one of the 113 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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