537 West 59th Street, Manhattan
Care facility · built 2024 · Block 1151, Lot 12.
Building permits
- New Building — Multi-Family, filed Jul 7, 2021, 26 units, 9 stories, described as “Construct new nine (9) story building.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 1, 2026, estimated cost $25K, described as “Vertical extension of railing and FDNY access gates at 3rd floor terrace. No change in use, egress and occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Jan 7, 2025, estimated cost $2K, described as “Installation of temporary betamax material hoist per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building code chapter 33. No change in use egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 12, 2024, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary barricade as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 8, 2024, estimated cost $6K, described as “Installation of temporary needle beam as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 20, 2024, estimated cost $6K, described as “Installation of temporary personnel material hoist as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 15, 2024, estimated cost $6K, described as “Installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 12, 2024, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary overhead protection as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 9, 2024, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary roof protection as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 9, 2024, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 5, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Use of material platform at 537 west 59th street during new building construction, filed separately under M00550178”
- No Work, filed Nov 7, 2023
- Alteration, filed Jun 21, 2023, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence as per plans. No change in use, egress oroccupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 24, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of overhead protection during construction. Overhead protection shall comply with nycc 2022 chapter 33. No change in egress, use, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 3, 2023, estimated cost $5K, described as “Install plywood construction fence in conjunction with demo application # 12375230”
- Alteration, filed Oct 17, 2022, estimated cost $15K, described as “Interior demolition of non-loading bearing, non-structural partitions”
- Alteration, filed Sep 14, 2022, estimated cost $8K, described as “Installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter 33 of the 2014 NYC building code. Demolotion is filed under separate application.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 26, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install temporary standpipe system as per plans filed. No change to use, egress or occupancy. Filed in conjunction with NB# M00550178.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 3, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install combined sprinkler/standpipe system as per plans filed. No change to use, egress oroccupancy. Filed in conjunction with NB# M00550178.”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $6,379,290
- Market value (city estimate)
- $14,176,200
- Taxable value
- $0
- Assessed land
- $1,035,450
- Assessed improvements
- $5,343,840
Tax breaks
- Nonprofit exemption (nonprofit, use planned), with no end date, about $692,025 a year below the full tax.
Zoning
C6-2: floor area ratio 6.54 built, above the 6.02 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Recent sales
- Feb 17, 2022: $19,300,000
Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.
In the news
537 West 59th Street Nears Completion in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, New York YIMBY, Sep 20, 2025.