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527 Lenox Avenue

188Records
10City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10037 · Neighborhood: Harlem (North)
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188 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 126 311 service requests, 21 rodent inspections, 12 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughManhattan 10037
Built1910
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassO5
Owner (PLUTO)ILANIT REALTY CO, LLC
BBL1019210032
BIN1058333

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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

66 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (55) · Consumer Complaint (3) · Vendor Enforcement (3) · Food Poisoning (1) · Mobile Food Vendor (1) · Illegal Dumping (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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$519,000 $233,550
2026$527,000 $237,150
2027$536,000 $241,200

The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Halal FlamezAmericanNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

Subway135 St — 2 3 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
135 St — B C · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Malcolm X Blvd / W 137 St — M7 M102 · 50 ft
Citi BikeW 135 St & Lenox Terrace Pl · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet. 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

527 Lenox Avenue

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

66 311 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: $400,000 on 2002-05-21 (lender: 527-9 Lenox Ave. Realty Corp.), 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
2002-05-21Mortgage $400,000 — from ILANIT REALTY CO. LLC to 527-9 LENOX AVE. REALTY CORP. $400,000

Ten-year activity

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2023
2024
36
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017516
2018112
2019235
2020404
2021303
2022314
202330232
20249312
202534236
202619221
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The full timeline

Construction 17Enforcement 11Housing & tenants 126Ownership & money 12Health & systems 22

Every one of the 188 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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