738 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 196 DOB permits, 188 311 service requests, 154 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.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
108 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (47) · Encampment (22) · Panhandling (14) · Dirty Condition (6) · Street Condition (4) · Vendor Enforcement (2).
$3,296,096 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (59 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 | $27,624,000 | $12,430,800 |
| 2026 | $27,629,000 | $12,433,050 |
| 2027 | $27,843,000 | $12,529,350 |
The city's market estimate has risen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 61/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 10) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Central Coffee Company | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Spoiled) · 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 | Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 51 St — 6 E F · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 45 St — M101 M102 M103 SIM6 +3 more · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 44 St & Lexington Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray 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.
437 Lexington Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
108 311 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: $6,000,000 on 2003-01-02 (lender: John Hancock Life Insurance Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-02-12 | AL&R $5,446,944 — from 441 LEXINGTON AVENUE CO. LIMITED PARTNER to SIGNATURE BANK | $5,446,944 | |
| 2009-02-12 | Agreement $5,446,944 — from 441 LEXINGTON AVENUE CO. LIMITED PARTNER to SIGNATURE BANK | $5,446,944 | |
| 2003-01-02 | Mortgage $6,000,000 — from 441 LEXINGTON AVENUECO. LIMITED PARTNERS to JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $6,000,000 | |
| 1984-09-26 | Mortgage $3,046,843 — from 441 LEXINGTON AVE CO. to JOHN HANCOCK MUTUALETC. | $3,046,843 | |
| 1983-07-21 | Mortgage $500,000 — from 441 LEXINGTON AVE.CO. to SAMOO B.V. | $500,000 | |
| 1983-07-21 | Mortgage $2,900,000 — from 441 LEXINGTON AVE.CO. to SAMOO B.V. | $2,900,000 | |
| 1983-07-21 | Agreement $2,900,000 — from 441 LEXINGTON AVE. CO. to JOHN HANCOCK ML L INS CO | $2,900,000 | |
| 1983-07-21 | Mortgage $3,063,411 — from 441 LEXINGTON AVE.CO. to JOHN HANCOCK MUTUALETC. | $3,063,411 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 45 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
| 2019 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 48 |
| 2020 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 16 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 2023 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 65 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 28 |
| 2026 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 41 |
Every one of the 738 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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