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501 West 49 Street · Manhattan · BBL 1010780023 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE Print / save PDF

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This building is not graded (non-residential or no residential units on record) — the report below covers its full public record.

Open with the city right now

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

32 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 12 · winter 2024–25: 15 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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

$63,000 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

149 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (32) · Illegal Parking (26) · Noise (10) · HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · Graffiti (8) · Illegal Dumping (7).

Filed construction activity

$3,381,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (15 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

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

What the city thinks it's worth

The city's market estimate has fallen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Restaurants in this building

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Worker Hygiene) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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

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

501 West 49 Street Copy address

149 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Ten-year activity

Show as table

Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Health & systems	Total
2017	1	5	18	4	28
2018	10	6	13	4	33
2019	9	3	25	4	41
2020	4	1	65	3	73
2021	0	9	56	4	69
2022	0	18	81	7	106
2023	3	16	161	7	187
2024	5	34	101	13	153
2025	0	16	43	4	63
2026	0	7	30	6	43

The last 12 months — 59 records

The full timeline

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