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500 2 Avenue · Manhattan · BBL 1009340001 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE Print / save PDF

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Where the penalty points come from

Open with the city right now

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

43 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 31). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

$31,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

568 service requests in the last three years. Most common: General Construction/Plumbing (260) · Noise (67) · HEAT/HOT WATER (21) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (15) · Illegal Parking (14) · PAINT/PLASTER (11).

Filed construction activity

$80,943,844 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (600 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

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

What the city thinks it's worth

The city's market estimate has risen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Restaurants in this building

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object, Food Protection, Rodents/Insects/Garbage), 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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (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.

Getting around

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 2 Avenue Copy address

568 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 21 of them about heat or hot water.

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: $31,667,000 on 2023-08-03 (lender: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

Ten-year activity

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Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Ownership & money	Health & systems	Total
2017	111	28	152	0	1	292
2018	188	66	204	3	8	469
2019	123	88	244	0	13	468
2020	88	228	481	0	5	802
2021	204	182	407	0	11	804
2022	147	17	132	0	30	326
2023	181	52	143	7	14	397
2024	164	89	302	0	7	562
2025	74	36	186	0	12	308
2026	98	20	250	0	10	378

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