483 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 162 311 service requests, 75 DOB violations, 58 ECB/OATH violations.
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.
$19,375 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
88 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (69) · Food Establishment (3) · Lost Property (3) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Food Poisoning (2) · Illegal Parking (2).
$73,375 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,249,000 | $2,362,050 |
| 2026 | $4,978,000 | $2,240,100 |
| 2027 | $5,244,000 | $2,359,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 11/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 8) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lips Restaurant | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick)
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Toilet Facility, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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 | 51 St — 6 E F · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 57 St / 3 Av — M31 M57 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 56 St & 3 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.
227 East 56 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
88 311 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: $2,358,462 on 2013-08-12 (lender: The Bancorp Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-11 | AL&R $3,100,000 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY LLC to CROWN BANK | $3,100,000 | |
| 2018-12-11 | AALR $3,100,000 — from DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS to CROWN BANK | $3,100,000 | |
| 2018-12-11 | Agreement $3,100,000 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY LLC to CROWN BANK | $3,100,000 | |
| 2013-08-12 | AL&R $4,000,000 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY LLC to THE BANCORP BANK | $4,000,000 | |
| 2013-08-12 | Agreement $4,000,000 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY LLC to THE BANCORP BANK | $4,000,000 | |
| 2013-08-12 | Mortgage $2,358,463 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY LLC to THE BANCORP BANK | $2,358,463 | |
| 2003-02-25 | Mortgage $65,844 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA | $65,844 | |
| 2003-02-25 | Agreement $2,500,000 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA | $2,500,000 | |
| 1997-08-11 | Mortgage $6,708 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK, FSB | $6,708 | |
| 1989-12-05 | Mortgage $1,700,000 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY to RUNNER REAL ESTATE CORP | $1,700,000 | |
| 1986-05-14 | Mortgage $1,463,422 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY to LINCOLN SAVINGS BANK | $1,463,422 | |
| 1985-02-22 | Mortgage $156,578 — from 227 EAST 56TH COMPANY to GENERAL ELECTRIC CR.CO. | $156,578 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2018 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Every one of the 483 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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