235 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 56 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 51 DOB permits, 34 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (2) · Water Maintenance (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Lost Property (1) · Dead Animal (1) · Street Condition (1).
$961,600 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (13 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 | $2,883,000 | $1,297,350 |
| 2026 | $2,923,000 | $1,315,350 |
| 2027 | $2,802,000 | $1,260,900 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caviar Russe | French | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Food Temperature) · 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 | 5 Av/53 St — E F · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 51 St — 6 E F · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 55 St — M3 M4 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 53 St & Madison Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. 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.
538 Madison Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
9 311 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: $4,635,554 on 2022-06-10 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-10 | Mortgage $4,635,554 — from 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY, LLC; METROPOLE WORLDWIDE II LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $4,635,554 | |
| 2022-06-10 | Agreement $9,000,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to METROPOLE WORLDWIDE II LLC; 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY, LLC | $9,000,000 | |
| 2020-07-02 | Agreement $4,571,997 — from 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $4,571,997 | |
| 2018-05-01 | Agreement $6,000,000 — from 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $6,000,000 | |
| 2017-04-20 | Agreement $4,866,339 — from 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $4,866,339 | |
| 2016-02-05 | Agreement $5,003,568 — from 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $5,003,568 | |
| 2006-02-28 | CORR $6,000,000 — from APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS to 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY, LLC | $6,000,000 | |
| 2006-02-28 | CORR $6,000,000 — from 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $6,000,000 | |
| 2006-02-28 | CORRM $3,267,356 — from 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $3,267,356 | |
| 2005-12-19 | Mortgage $3,267,356 — from 530 MADIDON REALTY COMPANY, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $3,267,356 | |
| 2005-12-19 | Agreement $6,000,000 — from 530 MADISON REALTY COMPANY, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $6,000,000 | |
| 2005-12-19 | AL&R $6,000,000 — from APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS to 530 MADISON REALTY COMPANY, LLC | $6,000,000 | |
| 1997-05-07 | Mortgage $340,836 — from 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY LLC. to CREDIT SUISSE FIRSTBOSTON MORTGAGE CAPIT | $340,836 | |
| 1996-03-19 | Mortgage $2,579,564 — from 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY to LAWLAND CORP | $2,579,564 | |
| 1994-04-19 | Mortgage $499,000 — from 538 MADISON REALTY COMPANY to NATIONAL MORTGAGE CORP. | $499,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Every one of the 235 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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