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500 Riverside Drive

1,237Records
21City systems
1Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10027 · Neighborhood: Morningside Heights
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1,237 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 21 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 601 311 service requests, 130 DOB job filings, 126 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10027
Built1926
Floors13
Res. units0
ClassH8
Owner (PLUTO)INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
BBL1019940057
BIN1059870

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2026-08-19.
Pending HPD litigation2 case(s) pending in housing court

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).

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

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

170 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (56) · Illegal Parking (46) · Street Sign (8) · Blocked Driveway (7) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · Damaged Tree (5).

Filed construction activity

$6,468,565 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (47 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)INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
Head officerSEBASTIAN FRIES
Managing agentINTERNATIONAL HOUSE
Last registered2025-11-03

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$12,250,000 $5,512,500
2026$12,851,000 $5,782,950
2027$13,022,000 $5,859,900

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

Tax exemptions on the roll: STUDENT DORMITORY

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)A — ENERGY STAR score 85/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
International House DiningAmericanA—

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

Subway125 St — 1 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / La Salle St — M4 M104 · 450 ft
Citi BikeBroadway & W 122 St · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 36, 125. 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

500 Riverside Drive

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

170 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by INTERNATIONAL HOUSE — 2 buildings, 159 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
167 Claremont Avenue MN159 A
500 Riverside Drive MN0 —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $16,505,000 on 1996-04-26 (lender: Dormitory Authorityof The State Of New York), 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
1996-04-26Mortgage $16,505,000 — from INTERNATIONAL HOUSE to DORMITORY AUTHORITYOF THE STATE OF NEW Y $16,505,000
1989-08-03Mortgage $18,900,000 — from INTERNATIONAL HOUSE to DORMITORY AUTHORITYETC $18,900,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017562511148
2018925101880
2019913450774
2020115580680
2021143540576
202233560466
2023617400871
202473750792
202526461012103
20265493010112
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The full timeline

Construction 262Enforcement 154Housing & tenants 712Ownership & money 8Health & systems 101

Every one of the 1,237 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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