534 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 119 311 service requests, 96 DOB permits, 82 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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.
36 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (19) · Lost Property (2) · Encampment (2) · Water System (2) · Noise (2) · Indoor Air Quality (1).
$12,295,493 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (24 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.
| Registered owner(s) | SONESTA BENJAMIN HOTEL LLC |
| Head officer | SIMON CHAPMAN |
| Managing agent | SONESTA NYC MANAGER LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-12-01 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $48,042,000 | $21,618,900 |
| 2026 | $49,029,000 | $22,063,050 |
| 2027 | $47,855,000 | $21,534,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 54/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Parliament / Benjamin Royal Sonesta Hotel | Not yet graded | — |
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 | 51 St — 6 E F · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 50 St — M101 M102 M103 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 51 St & Lexington Ave · 200 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.
557 Lexington Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
36 311 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.
Managed by SONESTA NYC MANAGER LLC — 4 buildings, 0 units. Grades across the portfolio: n/a. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 215 East 64 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 303 Lexington Avenue | MN | 0 | — |
| 557 Lexington Avenue | MN | 0 | — |
| 155 East 50 Street | MN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $42,270,000 on 2026-07-06 (lender: Fortress Credit Co LLC), covering 4 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-06 | Agreement $245,000,000 — from SONESTA SHELBURNE HOTEL LLC; SONESTA FIFTY HOTEL LLC; SONESTA GARDENS HOTEL LLC; SONESTA B to FORTRESS CREDIT CO LLC | $245,000,000 | |
| 2026-07-06 | Mortgage $42,270,000 — from SONESTA BENJAMIN HOTEL LLC; SONESTA SHELBURNE HOTEL LLC; SONESTA GARDENS HOTEL LLC; SONEST to FORTRESS CREDIT CO LLC | $42,270,000 | |
| 2026-07-06 | AL&R $245,000,000 — from SONESTA FIFTY HOTEL LLC; SONESTA GARDENS HOTEL LLC; SONESTA SHELBURNE HOTEL LLC; SONESTA B to FORTRESS CREDIT CO LLC | $245,000,000 | |
| 2022-05-13 | Agreement $202,730,000 — from SONESTA SHELBURNE HOTEL LLC; SONESTA BENJAMIN HOTEL LLC; SONESTA GARDENS HOTEL LLC; SONEST to CVI DH PORTFOLIO LOAN HOLDINGS, LLC | $202,730,000 | |
| 2022-05-06 | Deed $63,054,154 — from 125 EAST 50TH STREET CO., LLC to SONESTA BENJAMIN HOTEL LLC | $63,054,154 | |
| 2022-04-26 | Sold for $63,054,154 | $63,054,154 | $31,527,077 |
| 2021-12-28 | AL&R $286,865,640 — from 125 EAST 50TH STREET CO., LLC; 303 LEXINGTON AVENUE CO., LESSEE LLC; 125 EAST 50TH STREET to BSRECP II JOINT US ORIGINATION, L.L.C. | $286,865,640 | |
| 2021-12-28 | Agreement $286,865,640 — from 125 EAST 50TH STREET CO., LLC; 215 EAST 64TH STREET CO., LESSEE LLC; 303 LEXINGTON AVENUE to BSRECP II JOINT US ORIGINATION, L.L.C. | $286,865,640 | |
| 2021-04-21 | AL&R $286,865,640 — from 155 EAST 50TH STREET CO., LLC; 215 EAST 64TH STREET CO., LLC; 303 LEXINGTON AVENUE CO., LL to BSRECP II JOINT US ORIGINATION, L.L.C. | $286,865,640 | |
| 2021-04-21 | Agreement $286,865,640 — from 155 EAST 50TH STREET CO., LESSEE LLC; 215 EAST 64TH STREET CO., LLC; 303 LEXINGTON AVENUE to BSRECP II JOINT US ORIGINATION, L.L.C. | $286,865,640 | |
| 2020-06-03 | AL&R $275,103,304 — from 303 LEXINGTON AVENUE CO., LLC; 215 EAST 64TH STREET CO., LLC; 215 EAST 64TH STREET CO., LE to BSRECP II JOINT US ORIGINATION | $275,103,304 | |
| 2020-06-03 | Agreement $275,103,304 — from 215 EAST 64TH STREET CO., LLC; 155 EAST 50TH STREET CO., LLC; 215 EAST 64TH STREET CO., LE to BSRECP II JOINT US ORIGINATION | $275,103,304 | |
| 2019-01-03 | Agreement $270,000,000 — from 303 LEXINGTON AVENUE CO., LESSEE LLC; 155 EAST 50TH STREET CO., LESSEE LLC; 125 EAST 50TH to BSRECP II JOINT US ORIGINATION, L.L.C. | $270,000,000 | |
| 2019-01-03 | AL&R $270,000,000 — from 303 LEXINGTON AVENUE CO., LESSEE LLC; 215 EAST 64TH STREET CO., LESSEE LLC; 155 EAST 50TH to BSRECP II JOINT US ORIGINATION, L.L.C. | $270,000,000 | |
| 2016-10-27 | AL&R $270,000,000 — from 303 LEXINGTON AVENUE CO., LLC; 155 EAST 50TH STREET CO., LLC,; 125 EAST 50TH STREET CO., to BSRECP II JOINT US ORIGINATION II SELLER | $270,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 22 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| 2023 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 38 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
Every one of the 534 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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