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21 West 53 Street · Manhattan · BBL 1012690020 · 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.

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

81 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (18) · Noise (14) · Lost Property (12) · Taxi Complaint (5) · Vendor Enforcement (4) · Non (4).

Filed construction activity

$55,254,779 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (215 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: MUSEUM

Building systems

Restaurants in this building

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 4 restaurants
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Pet/Animal), shared by 4 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.

In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2012 (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

21 West 53 Street Copy address

81 311 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

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Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Ownership & money	Health & systems	Total
2017	98	2	15	0	10	125
2018	116	6	28	3	7	160
2019	81	21	20	0	12	134
2020	12	5	18	1	3	39
2021	5	4	19	0	1	29
2022	24	2	45	0	4	75
2023	30	3	61	0	5	99
2024	16	3	21	0	7	47
2025	44	3	31	0	7	85
2026	28	2	26	0	8	64

The last 12 months — 88 records

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