627 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 174 311 service requests, 120 DOB permits, 83 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
63 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (29) · Illegal Parking (6) · Homeless Person Assistance (3) · Sewer (3) · Sidewalk Condition (2) · Dirty Condition (2).
$2,655,045 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (24 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.
| Registered owner(s) | 39 1/2 WASHINGTON SQ. CORP |
| Head officer | MALCOLM CARFRAE |
| Managing agent | CAROLE FERRARA ASSOCIATES INC |
| Last registered | 2018-08-31 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $42,227,000 | $19,002,150 |
| 2026 | $42,855,000 | $19,284,750 |
| 2027 | $43,912,000 | $19,760,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLLEGE-UNIVERSITY
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golding Cafe | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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 2025 (1 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.
| Subway | W 4 St-Wash Sq — A B C D E F M · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Christopher St-Stonewall — 1 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 6 Av / W 3 St — M55 · 550 ft |
| Citi Bike | Sullivan St & Washington Sq · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 003 Charrette School Middle: M.S. 297. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
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.
40 Washington Square S
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
63 311 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.
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 2019 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 61 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2021 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 51 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 27 |
| 2024 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 55 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 25 | 58 |
| 2026 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 32 |
Every one of the 627 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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