Building report

520 East 117 Street · Manhattan · BBL 1017160008 · 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.

$4,375 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

266 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (184) · Consumer Complaint (24) · Blocked Driveway (11) · Noise (11) · Elevator (8) · Food Establishment (3).

Filed construction activity

$14,861,642 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (74 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 8% 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

3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contaminated, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.

Hurricane evacuation zone 1 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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.

3 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

520 East 117 Street Copy address

266 311 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

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $5,000,000 on 2007-03-21 (lender: Empire State Development Corporation and New York Cityeconomic Development Corporation), covering 20 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.

Ten-year activity

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Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Ownership & money	Health & systems	Total
2017	13	64	27	0	20	124
2018	22	43	29	1	21	116
2019	27	51	34	12	10	134
2020	19	27	64	1	7	118
2021	4	66	52	0	8	130
2022	12	52	24	0	10	98
2023	4	46	64	0	10	124
2024	35	42	50	0	7	134
2025	12	40	58	2	16	128
2026	23	1	123	1	11	159

The last 12 months — 207 records

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