The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 56% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 21.2. In ZIP 10019, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2026-03-26.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2
’23–24
2
’25–26
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · GENERAL (2) · Street Condition (1) · APPLIANCE (1).
Filed construction activity
$12,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (2 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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1910)
Yes
Six or more residential units (11)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. 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)
523 W. 49TH ST CORP
Head officer
CATHERINE YU
Managing agent
YUCO MANAGEMENT, INC.
Last registered
2025-09-13
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
$2,204,000
$991,800
2026
$2,026,000
$911,700
2027
$2,113,000
$950,850
The city's market estimate has fallen
4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
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
Subway
50 St — C E · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 10 Av / W 49 St — M11 · 400 ft
Citi Bike
W 50 St & 10 Ave · 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.
12 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $4,039,981 on
2019-12-19 (lender: Capital One, National Association), covering 11 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
2019-12-19
AL&R $16,500,000 — from SUNSET PARK PROPERTIES, LLC; 614 FLATBUSH AVENUE CORP.; GUARD HILL PROPERTIES, LLC; SUNSET to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
$16,500,000
2019-12-19
Agreement $16,500,000 — from SUNSET PARK DEVELOPMENT CORP.; SUNSET PARK PROPERTIES, LLC; 69 EAST 3RD STREET ASSOCIATES, to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
$16,500,000
2019-12-19
Mortgage $4,039,981 — from ACE REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES, LLC; 69 EAST 3RD STREET ASSOCIATES, INC.; 523 WEST 49TH ST. CO to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
$4,039,981
2013-05-07
Agreement $1,500,000 — from 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP. to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
$1,500,000
2013-05-07
Mortgage $541,127 — from 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP. to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
$541,127
2013-05-07
AL&R $1,500,000 — from 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP. to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
$1,500,000
2006-11-22
AL&R $1,050,000 — from NORTH FORK BANK to 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP.,
$1,050,000
2006-11-22
Agreement $1,050,000 — from 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP., to NORTH FORK BANK
$1,050,000
2006-11-22
Mortgage $592,400 — from 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP., to NORTH FORK BANK
$592,400
1998-12-09
Mortgage $1,525 — from 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK
$1,525
1992-04-17
Mortgage $7,654,467 — from 521 WEST 49TH ST HDFC to CITY OF NEW YORK
$7,654,467
1991-03-05
Mortgage $200,000 — from 523 WEST 49 ST CORP; 69 EAST 3RRD ST ASSCINC to HOME FED SVGS BANK
$200,000
1989-07-21
Mortgage $65,689 — from 523 WEST 49 ST CORP to HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBK
$65,689
1987-02-02
Mortgage $200,000 — from 523 WEST 49TH ST CORP to CHINESE AMRCN FDRL CR UN
$200,000
1984-05-25
Mortgage $194,644 — from 523 W. 49TH CORP. to CITIBANK, N.A.
$194,644
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
26
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
10
0
2
13
2018
0
0
9
0
2
11
2019
0
0
2
4
2
8
2020
0
0
6
0
1
7
2021
0
0
8
0
1
9
2022
0
0
9
0
1
10
2023
0
2
12
0
2
16
2024
0
0
3
0
2
5
2025
0
0
8
0
1
9
2026
7
0
16
0
3
26
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HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. ADJUST THE DROPLADDER SO THAT IT WILL SLIDE EASILY IN THE GUIDE RODS EXTENDED TO GROUND AT FIRE ES
Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY-DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH
2026-05-11
Job filed: INSTALL MEDIUM DUTY SCAFFOLDING AS PER PLANS. PIPE SCAFFOLDING SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 33 OF THE 2022 NYC BUILDING CODE.
2026-05-05
Air permit (REGISTRATION), fuel: NATURALGAS
2026-03-26
HPD class A: §27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WIT
2026-03-26
HPD class A: § 53, 187, 231 M/D LAW AND DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. PROVIDE A STOP AT TOP OF GUIDE RODS SO AS TO PREVENT REMOVAL OF DROPLADDER AT 1
2026-09-05HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. ADJUST THE DROPLADDER SO THAT IT WILL SLIDE EASILY IN THE GUIDE RODS EXTENDED TO GROUND AT FIRE ES
2026-05-11Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVY-DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH$5,000
2026-05-11Job filed: INSTALL MEDIUM DUTY SCAFFOLDING AS PER PLANS. PIPE SCAFFOLDING SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 33 OF THE 2022 NYC BUILDING CODE.$7,000
2026-03-26HPD class A: §27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WIT
2026-03-26HPD class A: § 53, 187, 231 M/D LAW AND DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. PROVIDE A STOP AT TOP OF GUIDE RODS SO AS TO PREVENT REMOVAL OF DROPLADDER AT 1
2026-02-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-01-04311: Street Condition — Defective Hardware
2025
2025-12-18Bedbug filing: 1 infested units
2025-11-10311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2025-09-22HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLE AT STAIRCASE AT 1st PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM NORTH, 5th STORY
2025-08-15Boiler inspection
2025-03-03HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE INTERCOM SYSTEM FROM BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR TO APARTMENT WALL UNIT AT WEST
2025-02-26Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2025-02-20HPD litigation: Tenant Action
2025-01-24311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2025-01-24Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2024
2024-12-13311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2024-12-13Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2024-12-11Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-10-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-07-02Boiler inspection
2023
2023-12-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-10-24311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-10-24Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2023-08-25Boiler inspection
2023-06-15HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2023-05-21HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: REFIT DOOR AT BULKHEAD TO THE ROOF , 5th STORY
2023-05-21HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MIS
2023-05-15311: SAFETY — FIRE ESCAPE
2023-05-15311: SAFETY — FIRE ESCAPE
2023-05-15Tenant complaint: SAFETY — FIRE ESCAPE
2023-05-15Tenant complaint: SAFETY — FIRE ESCAPE
2023-03-22ECB CLASS - 2 violation: AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED DOUBLE HANG FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN APT # 4B INSTATE OF DISREPAIR CONDITION WITH HARD TO OPEN DUE TO
2023-03-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Egress - Doors Locked/Blocked/Improper/No Secondary Means
2023-03-21DOB complaint, category ?
2023-03-17Boiler inspection
2023-02-24311: Street Condition — Plate Condition - Noisy
2022
2022-12-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-12-01Boiler inspection — defects found
2022-09-23311: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2022-09-23Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2022-06-06HPD class A: § 27-2053 ADM CODE POST SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY BEARING NAME, ADDRESS INCLUDING APARTMENT NUMBER IF ANY, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SUPE
2022-06-06HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE DOOR TO ROOF
2022-06-06HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING KICKDOWN STOPPER AT DOOR TO BUILDING ENTRANCE , 1st STORY
2022-06-06HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING KICKDOWN STOPPER AT VESTIBULE DOOR , 1st STORY
2021-05-11311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2021-05-07Boiler inspection
2021-01-04311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2021-01-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020
2020-12-21Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-11-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-11-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-09-14311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-08-16311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-08-05Boiler inspection
2020-02-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019
2019-12-19TL&R — from CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP.
2019-12-19AL&R $16,500,000 — from SUNSET PARK PROPERTIES, LLC; 614 FLATBUSH AVENUE CORP.; GUARD HILL PROPERTIES, LLC; SUNSET to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$16,500,000
2019-12-19Agreement $16,500,000 — from SUNSET PARK DEVELOPMENT CORP.; SUNSET PARK PROPERTIES, LLC; 69 EAST 3RD STREET ASSOCIATES, to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$16,500,000
2019-12-19Mortgage $4,039,981 — from ACE REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES, LLC; 69 EAST 3RD STREET ASSOCIATES, INC.; 523 WEST 49TH ST. CO to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION$4,039,981
2019-10-09311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2019-06-20Boiler inspection
2019-04-11Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-01-02Bedbug filing: 1 infested units
2018
2018-11-13Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018-11-13Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
1998-12-09Mortgage $1,525 — from 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK$1,525
1998-12-09Agreement — from 69 EAST 3RD STREET ASSOCIATES, INC.; 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK
1998-12-09Mortgage assigned — from 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP. to DIME SAVINGS BANK OFNEW YORK
1998-12-09Deed — from 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP.; 523 WEST 49TH STREETCORP. to 523 WEST 49 ST. CORP.
1998-12-08DOB complaint, category ?
1998-11-04Mortgage satisfied — from 69 EAST 3RD STREET ASSOCIATES INC. to HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBANK
1997
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-07-09Mortgage assigned — from 523 WEST 49TH STREETCRP to HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBK
1993-07-09Agreement — from 523 WEST 49TH STREETCRP to HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBK
1993-03-18DOB violation LL6291:
1993-02-09DOB violation C:
1993-02-09DOB complaint, category ?
1993-02-05ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EXTERIOR BUILDING WALL DEFECT APPROXIMATELY2X3 SECTION OF CEMENT STUCCO HAS SPALLED OFF THE EAST WALL AT 5TH S$800
1992
1992-04-17Deed — from BLUESTONE EQUITIES CO to 521 WEST 49TH ST HDFC
1992-04-17Mortgage $7,654,467 — from 521 WEST 49TH ST HDFC to CITY OF NEW YORK$7,654,467
1991
1991-03-05Mortgage $200,000 — from 523 WEST 49 ST CORP; 69 EAST 3RRD ST ASSCINC to HOME FED SVGS BANK$200,000
1990
1990-07-19SAGE — from 523 WEST 49TH STREETCRP; BLUESTONE EQUITIESETC; ASHLAND EQUITIES CO
1990-06-21SAGE — from HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBK
1990-06-21SAGE — from ROYAL ABSTRACT CORP
1990-06-21DECL — from 523 WEST 49ST CORP; BLUESTONE EQUITES CO; HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBK; ASHLAND EQUITIES CORP
1990-06-21SAGE — from EUROPEAN AMERICAN BANK
1990-06-21SAGE — from EUROPEAN AMERICAN BANK
1990-06-21DECL — from FEDERAL HOME LN MTGECRP
1990-06-21Agreement — from BLUESTONE EQUITES CO to ASHLAND EQUITIES CO; 523 WEST 49TH ST CORP
1989
1989-07-21Mortgage assigned — from CHINESE AMER FED CRUN to HOME FEDERAL SVGS BANK
1989-07-21Mortgage assigned — from CITIBANK NA to HOME FEDERAL SVGS BK
1989-07-21Agreement — from 523 WEST 49 ST CORP to HOME FEDERAL SAVGS BANK
1989-07-21Mortgage assigned — from 523 WEST 49 ST CORP to HOME FEDERAL SAVGS BK
1989-07-21Mortgage $65,689 — from 523 WEST 49 ST CORP to HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBK$65,689
1987
1987-02-02Mortgage $200,000 — from 523 WEST 49TH ST CORP to CHINESE AMRCN FDRL CR UN$200,000
1985
1985-02-01Agreement — from CITY OF NEW YORK to 523 WEST 49TH ST CORP
1984
1984-05-25CERT — from CITY OF NEW YORK
1984-05-25Mortgage $194,644 — from 523 W. 49TH CORP. to CITIBANK, N.A.$194,644
1984-05-25Agreement — from 523 W 49TH ST CORP. to CITIBANK, N.A.
1984-05-25Mortgage assigned — from AMERICAN SAVGS BK,FSB to CITIBANK, N.A.
1983
1983-03-31Mortgage $200,000 — from 523 W 49 ST. CORP. to AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK$200,000
1982
1982-11-22Deed — from CITY OF NEW YORK to 523 W 49TH STREET CORP.
1982-11-22Agreement — from CITY OF NEW YORK to 523 W.49 STREET CORP.
1978
1978-05-25Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE NY; COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE NY to CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK
1978-05-25Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE NY; COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE NY to CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK
1976
1976-05-20Agreement — from FILIPINAS-AMERICAS ETAL to GOLDENSOHN, MORTON
1976-05-20Agreement — from FILIPINAS-AMERICAS ETAL to BENENSON PUBLICATIONS
1976-05-18Deed — from AMORGOS REALTY CORP to FILIPINAS-AMERICAS ETAL
1975
1975-08-18Deed — from DOMB, SAM to AMORGOS REALTY CORP
1971
1971-09-16Deed — from 523 WEST 49TH ST INC to DOMB, SAM
1970
1970-06-29Mortgage assigned — from SWERDLOVE, ANNE; GIVANT, MARCIA; SWERDLOVE, MORRIS to ROSENAR INVESTING COINC
1970-06-29SMTG — from GOLDENSOHN, MORTON to BENENSON PUBLICATIONS
1970-06-29Mortgage — from 523 WEST 49TH ST INC to BENENSON PUBLICATIONS
1968
1968-02-06Deed — from TENTH AVE ASSOCIATES to 523 W 49 ST INC
1968-02-06Mortgage — from 523 W 19TH ST INC to GOLDENSOHN, MORTON
1967
1967-01-27Mortgage assigned — from ROSEMAR INVESTING COINC to SWERDLOVE, ANNE; SIVERDLOVE, MORRIS; GIVANT, MARCIA
1967-01-27Mortgage assigned — from LIPKIN, SAM; LIPKIN, ABRAHAM to ROSEMAR INVESTING COINC