359 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 95 311 service requests, 55 DOB permits, 44 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
| Open HPD violations | 21 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2007-12-12. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
40 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Obstruction (19) · Residential Disposal Complaint (12) · Noise (3) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Graffiti (1) · Street Light Condition (1).
$381,100 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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) | HYK - 273 W. 138 ST LLC |
| Head officer | HAROLD KAUFMAN |
| Managing agent | HYK - 273 W. 138 ST LLC |
| Last registered | 2014-08-04 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,199,000 | $2,339,550 |
| 2026 | $5,576,000 | $2,509,200 |
| 2027 | $5,868,000 | $2,640,600 |
The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go Go Curry USA INC | Japanese | Not yet graded | Mice evidence |
| Shanghai Time | Chinese | Grade Pending | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 2 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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.
| Subway | Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 39 St — M20 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | 8 Ave & W 38 St · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 051 Elias Howe 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.
273 West 38 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
40 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $527,772 on 2013-05-28 (lender: Bnb Bank National Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-05 | Agreement $741,245 — from MANHATTAN BROADWAY PROPERTY CORP. to KEB HANA BANK USA, N.A. | $741,245 | |
| 2013-05-28 | Agreement $1,500,000 — from MANHATTAN BROADWAY PROPERTY CORP. to BNB BANK NA | $1,500,000 | |
| 2013-05-28 | Mortgage $527,772 — from MANHATTAN BROADWAY PROPERTY CORP. to BNB BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $527,772 | |
| 2013-05-28 | AL&R $1,500,000 — from MANHATTAN BROADWAY PROPERTY CORP. to BNB BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $1,500,000 | |
| 2008-12-15 | AL&R $1,500,000 — from MANHATTAN BROADWAY PROPERTY CORP., to BNB BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $1,500,000 | |
| 2008-12-15 | Agreement $1,500,000 — from MANHATTAN BROADWAY PROPERTY CORP. to BNB BANK N.A. | $1,500,000 | |
| 2008-12-15 | Mortgage $1,204,119 — from MANHATTAN BROADWAY PROPERTY CORP. to BNB BANK N.A. | $1,204,119 | |
| 2002-07-09 | Mortgage $1,400,000 — from MANHATTAN BROADWAY PROPERTY CORP. to GREAT EASTERN BANK | $1,400,000 | |
| 1992-11-17 | Mortgage $200,000 — from S.C.L. HOTEL CORP to MANAGEMENT CORP. ETC | $200,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 34 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 30 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
Every one of the 359 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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