Building report

501 West 218 Street · Manhattan · BBL 1022440001 · 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.

$800 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

64 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (31) · Homeless Person Assistance (5) · Illegal Parking (5) · Illegal Fireworks (3) · Street Condition (3) · Obstruction (3).

Filed construction activity

$68,115,738 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (76 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 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLLEGE-UNIVERSITY

Building systems

Restaurants in this building

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

3 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2016 (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

501 West 218 Street Copy address

64 311 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: $81,056,000 on 1985-11-25 (lender: Nys Medical Care Etc), covering 6 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	16	7	7	0	7	37
2018	8	6	15	0	8	37
2019	10	9	7	0	11	37
2020	8	3	30	0	12	53
2021	34	11	36	3	5	89
2022	30	69	84	0	8	191
2023	33	20	33	4	10	100
2024	12	10	32	0	9	63
2025	24	7	20	0	8	59
2026	16	6	7	4	0	33

The last 12 months — 56 records

The full timeline

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