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238 East 51 Street

480Records
17City systems
12Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10022 · Neighborhood: East Midtown-Turtle Bay
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480 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 95 311 service requests, 83 DOB permits, 66 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10022
Built1931
Floors13
Res. units0
ClassH3
Owner (PLUTO)PANTA REALTY INC
BBL1013240034
BIN1038449

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations12 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 11 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1990-03-19.

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Patterns

1 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 1).

18 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (6) · Noise (4) · Blocked Driveway (2) · Outdoor Dining (1) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$431,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)EAST HILL HOTEL
Head officerDAVID BERNSTEIN
Managing agentEAST HILL HOTEL
Last registered2025-09-10

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$35,676,000 $16,054,200
2026$40,719,000 $18,323,550
2027$48,845,000 $21,980,250

The city's market estimate has risen 37% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 48/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Clinton HallAmericanA—
Vin Sur VingtFrenchA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: E 50 St / 2 Av — M50 · 300 ft
Citi BikeE 51 St & 2 Ave · 450 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

238 East 51 Street

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

The landlord's report card

Managed by EAST HILL HOTEL — 2 buildings, 0 units. Grades across the portfolio: n/a. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
240 East 51 Street MN0 —
238 East 51 Street MN0 —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $300,000 on 2020-05-22 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), covering 2 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-05-22AL&R $300,000 — from PANTA REALTY CO. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $300,000
2020-05-22Mortgage $300,000 — from PANTA REALTY CO. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $300,000
2016-05-25AL&R $6,200,000 — from PANTA REALTY CO to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $6,200,000
2015-09-18Mortgage $1,200,000 — from PANTA REALITY CO. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $1,200,000
2015-09-18Agreement $6,200,000 — from PANTA REALITY CO. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $6,200,000
2015-09-18AL&R $6,200,000 — from PANTA REALITY CO. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $6,200,000
2010-10-21Mortgage $397,295 — from PANTA REALTY CO. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $397,295
2010-10-21Agreement $5,000,000 — from PANTA REALTY CO. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $5,000,000
2010-10-21AL&R $5,000,000 — from PANTA REALTY CO. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $5,000,000
2005-06-09Mortgage $3,000,000 — from PANTA REALTY CO. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $3,000,000
2004-05-25Agreement $3,027,423 — from PANTA REALTY CO. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK $3,027,423
1989-03-27Mortgage $4,396,870 — from PANTA RLTY CO to CHEMICAL BANK $4,396,870

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20173280215
20183160414
201904130320
2020201227
20212280315
202240100620
2023003058
2024005027
20250090514
2026006028
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The full timeline

Construction 142Enforcement 117Housing & tenants 145Ownership & money 36Health & systems 40

Every one of the 480 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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