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524 West 57 Street

399Records
15City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
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399 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 105 311 service requests, 100 DOB job filings, 52 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1912
Floors8
Res. units0
ClassO3
Owner (PLUTO)CBS BROADCASTING INC.
BBL1010850041
BIN1027069

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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

28 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (11) · Dead/Dying Tree (4) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · Emergency Response Team (ERT) (2) · New Tree Request (1) · Taxi Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$3,283,189 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (40 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$10,025,000 $4,511,250
2026$10,367,000 $4,665,150
2027$11,569,000 $5,206,050

The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL
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
CBS Employee CafeteriaAmericanA—

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
BusNearest boarding stop: W 57 St / 10 Av — M12 M31 M57 · 200 ft
Citi BikeW 56 St & 10 Ave · 450 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

524 West 57 Street

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

28 311 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: $400,000,000 on 1993-10-29 (lender: United States Trst Co/ny), covering 8 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
2025-09-18RPTT $173,710,000 — from CBS BROADCASTING INC to PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORPORATION $173,710,000
2018-01-02RPTT $28,050,000 — from LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC to CENTURY LINK INC. $28,050,000
2006-11-01RPTT $373,376 — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO $373,376
1993-10-29Mortgage $400,000,000 — from NYC INDUSTRIAL DEVELAGY to UNITED STATES TRST CO/NY $400,000,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201720020325
2018133131232
2019111341433
20200370010
20210270110
2022044008
202300150116
20240090211
20255041717
2026501301634
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The full timeline

Construction 152Enforcement 60Housing & tenants 106Ownership & money 23Health & systems 58

Every one of the 399 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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