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599 Lexington Avenue

2,865Records
16City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10022 · Neighborhood: East Midtown-Turtle Bay
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2,865 recorded events, 1979–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 1,112 DOB permits, 977 DOB job filings, 274 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10022
Built1985
Floors47
Res. units0
ClassO4
Owner (PLUTO)BP 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE LLC
BBL1013070023
BIN1036467

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

66 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (22) · Illegal Parking (7) · Blocked Driveway (5) · Food Establishment (5) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (4) · Panhandling (3).

Filed construction activity

$272,837,766 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (450 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$515,555,600 $232,000,000
2026$497,266,700 $223,770,000
2027$507,747,000 $228,486,150

The city's market estimate has fallen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)C — ENERGY STAR score 62/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Cafe JoyeuxCoffee/TeaA—
Fields Good ChickenChickenA—
Juice GenerationJuice, Smoothies, Fruit SaladsA—
Poke BowlJapaneseA—
Reed SmithAmericanA—
Shearman CafeAmericanA—
SugarfishJapaneseA—
SweetgreenSaladsA—
Three Corners CafeAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

9 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 9 restaurants
5 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object, Food Temperature, Kitchen/Food Prep Area), shared by 9 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway51 St — 6 E F · 100 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 53 St — M101 M102 M103 SIM6 +3 more · 200 ft
Citi BikeE 53 St & Lexington Ave · 150 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.

Report a problem to 311

599 Lexington Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

66 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $50,000,000 on 2007-04-26 (lender: JPMorgan Cahse Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2018-01-02RPTT $28,050,000 — from LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC to CENTURY LINK INC. $28,050,000
2007-04-26Agreement $750,000,000 — from BP 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE LLC to JPMORGAN CAHSE BANK, N.A. $750,000,000
2007-04-26Mortgage $50,000,000 — from BP 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE LLC to JPMORGAN CAHSE BANK, N.A. $50,000,000
2007-01-17RPTT $15,792,259 — from MCI, INC, ON BEHALF OF ITS FORMER SHAREH; SHAREHOLDERS OF MCI INC.; MCI, INC., ON BEHALF O to ELI ACQUISITION LLC; ELI ACQUISITION LLC $15,792,259
2007-01-17RPTT $15,792,259 — from MCI, INC, ON BEHALF OF ITS FORMER SHAREH; SHAREHOLDERS OF MCI INC.; MCI, INC., ON BEHALF O to ELI ACQUISITION LLC; ELI ACQUISITION LLC $15,792,259
2005-12-02Agreement $225,000,000 — from LEXREAL ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. $225,000,000
1990-07-20Mortgage $267,000,000 — from LEXREAL ASSOC to MITSUI SEIMEI ETC $267,000,000
1984-11-01Agreement $183,000,000 — from CITILEX ASSOCIATES FKA; LEXREAL ASSOCIATES to FIRST NAT'L BANK/BOSTON $183,000,000
1984-11-01Mortgage $183,000,000 — from CITILEX ASSOCIATES FKA; LEXREAL ASSOCIATES to FIRST NATL BANK/BOSTON $183,000,000
1983-12-23Mortgage $17,000,000 — from CITILEX ASSOCIATES to CITIBANK, N.A. $17,000,000
1983-12-23Mortgage $67,000,000 — from CITILEX ASSOCIATES to CITIBANK, N.A. $67,000,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017118111005144
201891211716136
201982371103133
202017081103192
2021110121201135
2022602160482
2023562270893
20245811411185
202511032415143
20266312301198
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The full timeline

Construction 2,132Enforcement 332Housing & tenants 224Ownership & money 113Health & systems 64

Every one of the 2,865 recorded events, 1979–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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