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511 West 54 Street

173Records
14City systems
0Open violations
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Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
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173 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 46 311 service requests, 28 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 27 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1960
Floors4
Res. units0
ClassJ7
Owner (PLUTO)ARS NOVA THEATER I, INC.
BBL1010830026
BIN1027060

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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

4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (3) · Sidewalk Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$168,000 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,535,000 $1,140,750
2026$2,592,000 $1,166,400
2027$2,654,000 $1,194,300

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

Tax exemptions on the roll: THEATRICAL CORP

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Ars Nova TheaterAmericanA—

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).

Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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.

Getting around

Subway59 St-Columbus Circle — 1 A B C D · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
50 St — C E · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
BusNearest boarding stop: 10 Av / W 55 St — M11 M31 · 350 ft
Citi BikeW 53 St & 10 Ave · 350 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

511 West 54 Street

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

4 311 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: $1,500,000 on 2022-10-28 (lender: First Republic Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-10-28Mortgage $1,500,000 — from ARS NOVA THEATER I, INC. to FIRST REPUBLIC BANK $1,500,000
1991-10-02Mortgage $200,000 — from OMEGA INTERIORS RLTYCP to EXTEBANK $200,000
1990-03-06Mortgage $451,000 — from OMEGA INTERIORS RLTYCP to LEVIN, NORMAN R. $451,000
1989-04-27Mortgage $213,869 — from FIVE ELEVEN W FIFTYFOUR to OMEGA INTERIORS RLTYCP $213,869
1988-10-28Mortgage $32,005 — from 511 WEST 54TH ST CORP to ROSENTHAL & ROSENTHAL IN $32,005
1988-02-02Mortgage $12,357 — from 511 W 54TH ST CORP to ROSENTHAL &ROSENTHALINC $12,357
1987-04-03Mortgage $13,769 — from FIVE ELEVEN WEST 54ETAL to ROSENTHAL& ROSTHTHALINC $13,769
1986-02-04Mortgage $28,000 — from FIVE ELEVEN WEST ETC. to ROSENTHAL &ROSENTHALINC $28,000
1985-03-14Mortgage $150,000 — from 511 WEST 54TH ST CORP to ROSENTHAL &ROSENTHALINC $150,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017000022
2018000022
2019011035
2020001124
20210091212
202200171119
202300100212
2024000224
2025001023
2026203027
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The full timeline

Construction 49Enforcement 26Housing & tenants 46Ownership & money 29Health & systems 23

Every one of the 173 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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