A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 81% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 6. In ZIP 10019, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
C
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no
pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
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
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (2) · Missed Collection (1) · Food Establishment (1) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Urinating in Public (1) · Noise (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.
Rent-stabilization signals
Yes
Built before 1974 (1920)
No
Six or more residential units (1)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
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
Registered owner(s)
321 WEST 51 STREET CORP
Head officer
NICOLE A FRANQUES
Managing agent
CROSSTOWN MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
Last registered
2025-08-08
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$5,733,000
$343,980
2026
$5,202,000
$312,120
2027
$5,811,000
$348,660
The city's market estimate has risen
1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) 1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Sewage) · 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
2015 (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
Subway
50 St — C E · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) 50 St — 1 · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 52 St — M20 M104 · 450 ft
Citi Bike
8 Ave & W 52 St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
10 311 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: $499,999 on
2018-08-06 (lender: Flushing Bank), 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.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2018-08-06
Mortgage $499,999 — from 321 W. 51ST CORP to FLUSHING BANK
$499,999
2018-08-06
AL&R $499,999 — from 321 W. 51ST CORP to FLUSHING BANK
$499,999
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
9
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
1
2
0
3
8
2018
0
1
4
2
2
9
2019
0
0
1
0
2
3
2020
0
2
4
0
1
7
2021
0
0
6
0
2
8
2022
0
0
4
0
4
8
2023
0
0
5
0
2
7
2024
0
0
2
0
4
6
2025
0
0
6
0
2
8
2026
0
0
6
0
3
9
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2025-06-26311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2025-06-04HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2025-05-21Boiler inspection
2025-03-17311: Food Establishment — Sewage
2024
2024-11-12Restaurant inspection: IPPUDO NY — grade A · mice evidence
2024-06-13Restaurant inspection: IPPUDO NY · mice evidence
2024-06-07Boiler inspection
2024-05-16311: Missed Collection — Recycling - Paper
2023
2023-12-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-08-27311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2023-07-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-04-26Boiler inspection
2023-04-23311: Food Poisoning — 3 or More
2023-04-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-03-16HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022
2022-08-12311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2022-07-25Boiler inspection
2022-07-23311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2022-07-15Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-05-02Boiler inspection — defects found
2022-02-16HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022-01-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-01-19311: Obstruction — Donation Collection Bin
2021-04-01HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021-04-01HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2018-11-05311: Air Quality — Air: Smoke, Vehicular (AA4)
2018-08-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2018-08-06Mortgage $499,999 — from 321 W. 51ST CORP to FLUSHING BANK$499,999
2018-08-06AL&R $499,999 — from 321 W. 51ST CORP to FLUSHING BANK$499,999
2018-07-25311: Consumer Complaint — Price Not Posted
2018-04-12Boiler inspection
2018-04-06DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT
2017
2017-11-06HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2017-10-04Permit EQ — ISSUED
2017-10-01Job filed: PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. LIVE LOAD 300 PER SQUARE FEET. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE NYC
2017-09-20Boiler inspection
2017-08-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-02-24DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT
2017-01-26Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-01-21311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2016
2016-12-01DOB violation EVCAT1: VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2015 INSPECTION/TEST
2016-10-26HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2016-07-31311: Street Condition — Pothole
2016-06-23311: Homeless Person Assistance — N/A
2016-06-14311: Street Condition — Rough, Pitted or Cracked Roads
2016-02-19Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016-01-30311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2016-01-13311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2015
2015-12-05311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2015-10-02HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2015-03-03DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT
2015-02-03HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2014
2014-12-16311: Taxi Report — Driver Report
2014-09-17311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2014-09-16311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off