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590 East 68 Street

3,232Records
20City systems
9Open violations
—Penalty rate

3,232 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 969 DOB permits, 688 DOB job filings, 487 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10065
Built1940
Floors6
Res. units0
ClassW6
Owner (PLUTO)ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
BBL1014800010
BIN1082643, 1087124, 1087125, 1087126, 1087127, 1087128, 1087129, 1087130, 1087131, 1087134, 1087135, 1087136, 1087137, 1087140, 1087151, 1088886, 1089035, 1089514, 1090712, 1090763, 1090764, 1090765, 1090890, 1090891, 1090892, 1091080, 1091081, 1808548

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations9 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 8 class A. Oldest open since 2014-11-12.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$34,375 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

55 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (8) · Illegal Parking (8) · Homeless Person Assistance (8) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (7) · Encampment (5) · Day Care (2).

Filed construction activity

$42,455,149 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (160 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)ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
Head officerALEXANDER KOGAN
Managing agentROCKEFELLER UNIV
Last registered2026-07-22

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$389,141,000 $175,113,450
2026$394,928,000 $177,717,600
2027$394,928,000 $177,717,600

The city's market estimate has risen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: HOSPITAL

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Rockefeller University - CafeAmericanA—
Still GIN/ROCKEFELLER University - Employee DiningAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

Flood exposure

In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.

Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2026 (1 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayRoosevelt Island — M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
72 St — Q · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: York Av / E 66 St — M31 · 300 ft
Citi Bike1 Ave & E 68 St · 0.2 mi · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson
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

590 East 68 Street

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

55 311 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.

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201756636198323
201876512122170
20191834132590
202097191550
2021820151356
202252453931167
202335573029151
2024539211598
202544222930125
20263322161485
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The full timeline

Construction 1,679Enforcement 848Housing & tenants 258Ownership & money 22Health & systems 425

Every one of the 3,232 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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