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981 Madison Avenue

2,149Records
20City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10021 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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2,149 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 560 DOB permits, 420 DOB job filings, 319 asbestos filings.

BoroughManhattan 10021
Built1930
Floors40
Res. units0
ClassH7
Owner (PLUTO)HOTEL CARLYLE OWNERS CORP
BBL1013910021
BIN1041797

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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.

$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

87 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (25) · Vendor Enforcement (24) · Lost Property (9) · Taxi Complaint (6) · Food Establishment (4) · Noise (3).

Filed construction activity

$163,555,957 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (295 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)HOTEL CARLYLE OWNERS CORPORATION
Head officerMARLENE POYNDER
Managing agentCARLYLE LLC
Last registered2025-08-31

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$133,783,000 $60,202,350
2026$171,885,000 $77,348,250
2027$176,813,000 $79,565,850

The city's market estimate has risen 32% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

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
Dowling's / Bemelmans Bar / Cafe Carlyle / the GalleryAmericanAMice evidence
Hotel Carlyle - Employee CafeteriaAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

4 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Pet/Animal), shared by 2 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

Subway77 St — 6 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 77 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 · 350 ft
Citi BikeE 76 St & Park Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake
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

981 Madison Avenue

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

87 311 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: $4,000,000 on 2015-06-25 (lender: Credit Agricole Corporate And Investment Bank), 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
2026-08-10RPTT&RET $5,500,000 — from SITAM AMERICA CORP. to THE ARROW 1999 TRUST DATED 9/16/1999, AS $5,500,000
2026-07-22Sold for $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $1,833,333
2026-07-02RPTT&RET $3,500,000 — from ELISA TRACTMAN LEWIS, EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF HARRIET LYNN TRACTMAN to 76 MADISON LLC $3,500,000
2026-07-02RPTT&RET $3,500,000 — from ELISA TRACTMAN LEWIS, EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF HARRIET LYNN TRACTMAN to 76 MADISON LLC $3,500,000
2026-06-24Sold for $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $1,166,667
2026-03-27RPTT&RET $11,000,000 — from KLP CARLYLE, LLC to THE ARROW 1999 TRUST DATED SEPTEMBER 16,; BARRY DILLER, AS TRUSTEE $11,000,000
2026-03-23Sold for $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $3,666,667
2026-01-27RPTT&RET $1,650,000 — from ATTALLA, LEA to CRUX TRUST; KATIE HOLTMAN, AS TRUSTEE $1,650,000
2026-01-12Sold for $1,650,000 $1,650,000 $550,000
2025-10-16RPTT&RET $1,200,000 — from FIFTH-SIX BUILDING CO, LLC to 76 MADISON, LLC $1,200,000
2025-09-29Sold for $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $400,000
2025-04-07RPTT&RET $340,000 — from JANET VON SCHUSCHNIGG, EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF DINA KRAEVA PAVLOVA to 76 MADISON, LLC $340,000
2025-03-27Sold for $340,000 $340,000 $113,333
2024-10-29AL&R $40,320,000 — from THE CARLYLE, LLC; 76 MADISON, L.L.C. to UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED, NEW YORK A $40,320,000
2024-10-29Agreement $40,320,000 — from THE CARLYLE, LLC; 76 MADISON, L.L.C. to UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED, NEW YORK A $40,320,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017631317814115
20187310282193306
20195123241166175
202041121010578
2021470117469
2022303238266
202367315114100
202452333613107
20259313441133
2026113122963208
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The full timeline

Construction 1,013Enforcement 251Housing & tenants 253Ownership & money 259Health & systems 373

Every one of the 2,149 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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