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27 West 44 Street

814Records
19City systems
0Open violations
1.2Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10036 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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814 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 284 311 service requests, 157 DOB permits, 131 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10036
Built1894
Floors8
Res. units77
ClassH5
Owner (PLUTO)HARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY
BBL1012600020
BIN1034222, 1034223

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 88% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 1.2. In ZIP 10036, 62% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

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

212 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (117) · Homeless Person Assistance (26) · Illegal Parking (26) · Illegal Dumping (17) · Noise (13) · Obstruction (3).

Filed construction activity

$2,727,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (15 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1894)
YesSix or more residential units (77)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)Harvard Club of New York City
Head officerTojo John
Managing agentHarvard Club of New York City
Last registered2025-10-23

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$24,899,000 $11,204,550
2026$25,147,000 $11,316,150
2027$36,662,000 $16,497,900

The city's market estimate has risen 47% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNONE
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Harvard ClubAmericanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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

Subway42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 44 St — M4 M5 · 450 ft
Citi BikeW 44 St & 5 Ave · 400 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.

Report a problem to 311

27 West 44 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

212 311 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: $3,000,000 on 2013-08-22 (lender: Manufacturers And Traders Trust Company), covering 2 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
2013-08-22AL&R $3,000,000 — from HARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $3,000,000
2013-08-22Mortgage $3,000,000 — from HARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $3,000,000
2003-01-03Mortgage $5,000,000 — from HARVARD CLUB OF NEWYORK CITY to M&T REAL ESTATE, INC. $5,000,000

Ten-year activity

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2024
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20174961130
20183110519
20194910528
20201423322
2021648422
2022329620
2023616316
20248139452
2025401261131
20260049251
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The full timeline

Construction 325Enforcement 125Housing & tenants 297Ownership & money 16Health & systems 51

Every one of the 814 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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