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59 West 37 Street

159Records
13City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10018 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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159 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 44 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 25 DOB job filings, 21 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10018
Built1920
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassK2
Owner (PLUTO)BREAKSTONE RLTY CORP
BBL1008390008
BIN1015957

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Consumer Complaint (1) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1) · Lost Property (1) · Street Condition (1) · Food Poisoning (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,720,299 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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$1,539,000 $692,550
2026$1,778,000 $800,100
2027$2,112,000 $950,400

The city's market estimate has risen 37% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Cafe ChinaChineseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · 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

Subway42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
34 St-Herald Sq — B D F M N Q R W · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 6 Av / W 38 St — M5 M7 M55 · 200 ft
Citi BikeBroadway & W 37 St · 500 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.

Report a problem to 311

59 West 37 Street

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

5 311 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: $11,000,000 on 2008-01-17 (lender: Mulitfamily Capital, INC.), covering 9 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2008-01-17AL&R $11,000,000 — from LOW-INCOME OPERATOR LLC to WACHOVIA MULTIFAMILY CAPITAL, INC. $11,000,000
2008-01-17Mortgage $11,000,000 — from 1010 SIXTH ASSOCIATES LLC to MULITFAMILY CAPITAL, INC. $11,000,000
2005-09-29Agreement $113,700,000 — from 1010 SIXTH ASSOCIATES LLC to FANNIE MAE; THE BANK OF NEW YORK $113,700,000
2005-09-29Agreement $113,700,000 — from 1010 SIXTH ASSOCIATES LLC to FANNIE MAE $113,700,000
2004-12-14Mortgage $113,700,000 — from 1010 SIXTH ASSOCIATES, LLC; C/O GOTHAM ORGANIZATION, INC. to MAE, FANNIE $113,700,000
2000-12-04Mortgage $29,925,000 — from 1010 SIXTH ASSOCIATES LLC, to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY $29,925,000
2000-12-04Mortgage $119,700,000 — from 1010 SIXTH ASSOCIATES LLC. to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY $119,700,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017003014
2018000011
20199018119
2020601018
202110230015
2022531009
2023031004
2024004015
2025001001
2026000022
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The full timeline

Construction 50Enforcement 34Housing & tenants 21Ownership & money 44Health & systems 10

Every one of the 159 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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