190 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 33 311 service requests, 32 DOB job filings, 30 DOB violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Posting (3) · Non (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Noise (1) · Food Establishment (1) · Illegal Parking (1).
$871,200 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,356,000 | $1,960,200 |
| 2026 | $4,402,000 | $1,980,900 |
| 2027 | $4,413,000 | $1,985,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie's Cuban Cuisine | Latin American | B | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick)
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Protection) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
| Subway | 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr — B D F M · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 45 St — M1 M2 M3 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 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.
21 West 45 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
11 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,767,802 on 2013-11-04 (lender: New York Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-03 | Agreement $5,660,000 — from 21 WEST 45TH ASSOCIATES LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,660,000 | |
| 2013-11-04 | Agreement $5,660,000 — from 21 WEST 45TH ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $5,660,000 | |
| 2013-11-04 | Mortgage $1,767,802 — from 21 WEST 45TH ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,767,802 | |
| 2008-07-22 | AL&R $4,000,000 — from 21 WEST 45TH ASSOCIATES, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBRUGH | $4,000,000 | |
| 2008-07-22 | Mortgage $4,000,000 — from 21 WEST 45TH ASSOCIATES, LLC to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBRUGH | $4,000,000 | |
| 2008-07-21 | RPTT&RET $7,816,462 — from REAL ESTATE TRUST to 21 WEST ASSOCIATES, INC. | $7,816,463 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Every one of the 190 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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