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117 West 72 Street

540Records
14City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10023 · Neighborhood: Upper West Side-Lincoln Square
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540 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 317 311 service requests, 62 DOB permits, 58 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10023
Built1922
Floors5
Res. units0
ClassO5
Owner (PLUTO)STERLING 117 WEST LLC
BBL1011440026
BIN1029934

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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

177 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (165) · Elevator (3) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint (1) · Graffiti (1) · Rodent (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,153,287 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (30 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$6,481,000 $2,916,450
2026$5,230,000 $2,353,500
2027$5,243,000 $2,359,350

The city's market estimate has fallen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Juice GenerationJuice, Smoothies, Fruit SaladsA—

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.

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

Subway72 St — 1 2 3 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
72 St — B C · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: W 72 St / Columbus Av — M72 · 100 ft
Citi BikeColumbus Ave & W 72 St · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 087 William Sherman. 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

117 West 72 Street

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

177 311 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: $2,000,000 on 2002-04-25 (lender: Amalgamated Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2006-01-10DEEDO $16,500,000 — from 117 WEST 72ND STREET LLC to STERLING 117 WEST LLC $16,500,000
2002-04-25Mortgage $2,000,000 — from 117 WEST 72ND STREETLLC to AMALGAMATED BANK $2,000,000
2001-01-24Mortgage $2,000,000 — from 117 WEST 72ND STREETLLC to BANK LEUMI USA $2,000,000

Ten-year activity

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2017
2018
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2021
2022
2023
130
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017001023
2018024028
20194080416
2020008019
202122150120
202220240228
20232307308104
20248011705130
202551340343
2026110101325
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The full timeline

Construction 120Enforcement 50Housing & tenants 317Ownership & money 15Health & systems 38

Every one of the 540 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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