988 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 343 DOB job filings, 316 DOB permits, 89 311 service requests.
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.
$6,562 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (4) · Water System (2) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · Plumbing (1) · New Tree Request (1).
$5,931,892 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (83 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 | $61,042,000 | $27,468,900 |
| 2026 | $60,032,000 | $27,014,400 |
| 2027 | $59,771,000 | $26,896,950 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 72/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory's Coffee | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-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 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 56 St & Madison Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Protected bike path mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
551 Madison Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
18 311 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: $5,000,000 on 2022-07-06 (lender: Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Ag). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-06 | Mortgage $5,000,000 — from LEXIN NY 551 LLC to DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK AG | $5,000,000 | |
| 2022-07-06 | Agreement $78,000,000 — from LEXIN NY 551 LLC to DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK AG | $78,000,000 | |
| 2022-07-06 | AL&R $78,000,000 — from LEXIN NY 551 LLC to DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK AG | $78,000,000 | |
| 2017-01-31 | Deed $155,000,000 — from 551 MADISON PROPERTY LLC to LEXIN NY 551 LLC | $155,000,000 | |
| 2017-01-31 | Mortgage $10,000,000 — from LEXIN NY 551 LLC to PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $10,000,000 | |
| 2017-01-19 | Sold for $155,000,000 | $155,000,000 | $155,000,000 |
| 2013-06-11 | Mortgage $63,000,000 — from 551 MADISON PROPERTY LLC to PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $63,000,000 | |
| 2013-01-11 | Deed $128,000,000 — from 551 MADISON AVENUE OFFICE L.L.C. to 551 MADISON PROPERTY LLC | $128,000,000 | |
| 2005-09-16 | Deed $87,500,000 — from CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SY to 551 MADISON AVENUE OFFICE L.L.C. | $87,500,000 | |
| 1998-08-14 | Mortgage $18,000,000 — from FIVE FIFTH ONE MANDISON L.L.C. to DRESDNER BANK AG | $18,000,000 | |
| 1985-11-13 | Mortgage $1,550,000 — from 551 MADISON ASSOCS to METROPOLITAN LIFE INS CO | $1,550,000 | |
| 1985-05-07 | Mortgage $850,000 — from 551 MADISON ASSOCIATES to CONTINENTAL ILLINOISETC | $850,000 | |
| 1984-06-14 | Mortgage $1,600,000 — from 551 MADISON ASSOCIATES to CONTINENTAL ILLINOISETC | $1,600,000 | |
| 1983-03-25 | Mortgage $6,000,000 — from 551 MADISON ASSOC. to CONTINENTAL ILLINOISETC | $6,000,000 | |
| 1982-01-20 | Mortgage $9,000,000 — from D.S. WINSLOW ASSOCIATES to CONTINENTAL ILL/NTL/ETC | $9,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2018 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 49 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 50 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 36 |
| 2022 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 47 |
| 2023 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 28 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 22 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
Every one of the 988 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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