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888 Madison Avenue

447Records
12City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10021 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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447 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 122 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 85 311 service requests, 69 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10021
Built2009
Floors5
Res. units0
ClassK2
Owner (PLUTO)888 MADISON LLC
BBL1013860056
BIN1041371

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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

32 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (8) · Consumer Complaint (7) · Food Establishment (6) · Water System (2) · Indoor Air Quality (1) · Illegal Parking (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,369,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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$123,583,000 $55,612,350
2026$118,551,000 $53,347,950
2027$116,222,200 $52,300,000

The city's market estimate has fallen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Ralph's CoffeeCoffee/TeaAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

6 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Pet/Animal, Food Temperature, Handwashing) · 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

Subway68 St-Hunter College — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: E 72 St / Madison Av — M72 · 200 ft
Citi BikeE 70 St & Madison Ave · 450 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

888 Madison Avenue

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

32 311 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: $80,000,000 on 2013-08-14 (lender: Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2013-08-14Mortgage $90,000,000 — from 888 MADISON LLC; L&M 65TH MADISON LLC to TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATI $90,000,000
2013-08-14Mortgage $63,000,000 — from 888 MADISON LLC; L&M 65TH MADISON LLC to TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATI $63,000,000
2013-08-14Agreement $90,000,000 — from 888 MADISON LLC to TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATI $90,000,000
2013-08-14Mortgage $80,000,000 — from 888 MADISON LLC to TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATI $80,000,000
2013-08-14AL&R $90,000,000 — from 888 MADISON LLC to TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATI $90,000,000
2013-05-14CORRM $150,000,000 — from 888 MADISON LLC; L&M 65TH MADISON LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $150,000,000
2013-05-14Agreement $96,491,936 — from THE ESTATE OF MELVIN FRIEDLAND; FRIEDLAND, LAWRENCE; 888 MADISON LLC; L&M 825 LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST $96,491,936
2012-11-19Mortgage $150,000,000 — from 888 MADISON AVENUE LLC; L&M 65TH MADISON LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $150,000,000
2012-11-19Agreement $153,000,000 — from L&M 65TH MADISON LLC; 888 MADISON AVENUE LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $153,000,000
2012-11-19AL&R $153,000,000 — from 888 MADISON AVENUE LLC; L&M 65TH MADISON LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $153,000,000
2012-11-19Mortgage $3,000,000 — from 888 MADISON LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE TRUST $3,000,000
2006-04-26Mortgage $20,000,000 — from 677 EUROMAD LLC; L&M 825 LLC; FRIEDLAND, LAWRENCE; FRIEDLAND, MELVIN to M & T REAL ESTATE TRUST $20,000,000
2006-04-26AL&R $20,000,000 — from M & T REAL ESTATE TRUST to 677 EUROMAD LLC; L&M 825 LLC; FRIEDLAND, MELVIN; FRIEDLAND, LAWRENCE $20,000,000
2004-04-07Mortgage $100,000,000 — from L & M 825 LLC; FRIEDLAND, LAWRENCE; FRIEDLAND, MELVIN to M & T REAL ESTATE TRUST $100,000,000
2004-04-07Agreement $4,625,114 — from FRIEDLAND, MELVIN; FRIEDLAND, LAWRENCE to M & T REAL ESTATE TRUST $4,625,114

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017010023
2018014229
20192420210
20201380012
20216420012
20222560013
20230540110
202415160224
20251090010
20263160111
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The full timeline

Construction 145Enforcement 78Housing & tenants 85Ownership & money 122Health & systems 17

Every one of the 447 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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