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37 West 20 Street

849Records
13City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

849 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 307 311 service requests, 204 DOB permits, 185 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10011
Built1910
Floors12
Res. units0
ClassO6
Owner (PLUTO)37 WEST 20 COMPANY
BBL1008220009
BIN1015489

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Patterns

1 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 1).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$2,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

168 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (138) · Food Establishment (5) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (4) · Encampment (4) · Non (3) · Illegal Parking (3).

Filed construction activity

$7,507,175 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (130 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

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$35,400,000 $15,930,000
2026$31,792,000 $14,306,400
2027$32,159,000 $14,471,550

The city's market estimate has fallen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 79/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Boxers NYCAmericanB—
NodaJapaneseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

5 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: No Permit or License, Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

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.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

Subway23 St — F M · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
23 St — R W · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 6 Av / W 20 St — M7 M55 · 250 ft
Citi BikeW 21 St & 6 Ave · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 011: The Sarah J. Garnet Elementary 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.

Report a problem to 311

37 West 20 Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

168 311 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: $755,384 on 2002-05-15 (lender: Emigrant Securitiescorp.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2002-05-15Mortgage $755,385 — from 37 WEST 20 COMPANY to EMIGRANT SECURITIESCORP. $755,385
1995-06-27Mortgage $393,000 — from 37 WEST 20 COMPANY to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK $393,000
1987-01-08Mortgage $1,010,712 — from PHILIP WEISS CO.; SLAYTON, MURRAY; ROSEN, ABRAHAM to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK $1,010,712

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20171336123
201816311131
20192627338
20203644246
202132019152
202228023253
202353033288
202431014550
2025282924126
202610059271
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The full timeline

Construction 389Enforcement 98Housing & tenants 307Ownership & money 27Health & systems 28

Every one of the 849 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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