# 315 West 53rd Street, Manhattan

Commercial · built c. 1920 · Block 1044, Lot 24.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/1010440024/315-west-53-street

More construction in Midtown West: https://umarelli.org/nyc/manhattan/midtown-west.md

Every lot on block 1044: https://umarelli.org/nyc/manhattan/1044.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Feb 2, 2026, estimated cost $1K, described as “Proposed installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. Work shall comply with chapter #33 of 2022 the NYC building code. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 23, 2024, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. Live load 300PSF.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 2, 2024, estimated cost $65K, described as “Underpinning work proposed for a mixed-use building. No change to use, occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 24, 2022, estimated cost $60K, described as “Mechanical work proposed as per plans filed herewith.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 24, 2022, estimated cost $60K, described as “Plumbing work proposed as per plans filed herewith”
- Alteration, filed Jan 21, 2022, estimated cost $23K, described as “New fire sprinkler throughout as per plans filed herewith”
- Alteration, filed Jan 13, 2022, estimated cost $200K, described as “Structural work proposed as per plans filed herewith.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 30, 2021, estimated cost $873K, described as “Addition to an existing 3-story building to become a 5-story building with a commercial space on the first floor and a single family above. A new cellar & elevator proposed. A new co will be obtained.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $398,700
- 2026–27 tax: $36,837
- Market value (city estimate): $886,000
- Taxable value: $339,570
- Assessed land: $63,000
- Assessed improvements: $335,700

## Zoning

R8: floor area ratio 3.04 built, 6.02 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Aug 15, 2018: $2,600,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

## Board and land use applications

- The Lirio/MTA Site - 806 9th Avenue (City Planning 2020M0112): Zoning text change, Zoning map change, City property acquisition, Special permit, Completed, decided Oct 28, 2022. HPD proposes a zoning map amendment, a zoning text amendment, a special permit, site acquisition, and site disposition to facilitate the development of a new nine-story, mixed-use building containing approximately 111 affordable and…

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology