1,122 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 321 311 service requests, 186 DOB job filings, 183 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$800 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
64 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (31) · Homeless Person Assistance (5) · Illegal Parking (5) · Illegal Fireworks (3) · Street Condition (3) · Obstruction (3).
$68,115,738 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (76 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $72,171,000 | $32,476,950 |
| 2026 | $74,336,000 | $33,451,200 |
| 2027 | $76,566,000 | $34,454,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLLEGE-UNIVERSITY
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University Baker Athletics Complex, Stand #1 | Hotdogs | A | — |
| Columbia University Baker Athletics Complex, Stand #2 | Hotdogs | A | — |
| Columbia University Baker Athletics Complex, Stand #3 | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
3 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.
Hurricane evacuation zone 1 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 2016 (0 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.
| Subway | 215 St — 1 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / W 220 St — Bx7 Bx20 BxM1 · 700 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 218 St & Broadway · 700 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 18, 98, 278 Middle: Harold O. Levy School. 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.
501 West 218 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
64 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $81,056,000 on 1985-11-25 (lender: Nys Medical Care Etc), covering 6 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-11-25 | Mortgage $81,056,000 to NYS MEDICAL CARE ETC | $81,056,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 37 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 37 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 37 |
| 2020 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 53 |
| 2021 | 34 | 11 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 89 |
| 2022 | 30 | 69 | 84 | 0 | 8 | 191 |
| 2023 | 33 | 20 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 100 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 63 |
| 2025 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 59 |
| 2026 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 33 |
Every one of the 1,122 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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