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856 Madison Avenue

330Records
10City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10021 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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330 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 118 311 service requests, 71 DOB permits, 63 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10021
Built1924
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassK2
Owner (PLUTO)860 MADISON AVENUE
BBL1013850017
BIN1041327

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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

30 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Vendor Enforcement (11) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (6) · Illegal Dumping (3) · Sidewalk Condition (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,398,150 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (12 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$27,399,000 $12,329,550
2026$25,314,000 $11,391,300
2027$25,462,000 $11,457,900

The city's market estimate has fallen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
LadureeFrenchA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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

Subway68 St-Hunter College — 6 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 69 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 · 200 ft
Citi BikeE 70 St & Madison Ave · 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: East Side Elementary School, PS 267
Middle: J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner. 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

856 Madison Avenue

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

30 311 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: $18,166,703 on 2006-11-24 (lender: Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2006-11-24AL&R $21,000,000 — from MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. to 860 MADISON AVENUE LLC $21,000,000
2006-11-24Agreement $21,000,000 — from 860 MADISON AVENUE LLC to MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. $21,000,000
2006-11-24Mortgage $18,166,704 — from 860 MADISON AVENUE LLC to MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. $18,166,704
1990-06-20Mortgage $42,745 — from GSL ENTERPRISES INC; WILLENHALL RLTY INC to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK $42,745
1984-03-08Mortgage $1,051,874 — from WILLENHALL REALTY,INC to MANHATTAN LIFE INS.CO. $1,051,874
1983-01-14Mortgage $499,900 — from WILLENHALL RLTY, INC. to LAKE EQUITIES CORP. $499,900

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201725100219
2018003126
201907140122
2020007007
2021003003
2022005005
2023009009
202400130013
20250090110
2026007018
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The full timeline

Construction 134Enforcement 32Housing & tenants 118Ownership & money 35Health & systems 11

Every one of the 330 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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