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38 West 38 Street

356Records
15City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10018 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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356 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 125 311 service requests, 62 DOB violations, 47 DOB complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10018
Built1915
Floors5
Res. units0
ClassO5
Owner (PLUTO)38TH STREET REALTY,
BBL1008390068
BIN1015979

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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.

$7,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

44 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (26) · Residential Disposal Complaint (7) · Water System (2) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$182,500 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$1,906,000 $857,700
2026$1,934,000 $870,300
2027$1,905,000 $857,250

The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Elevators1 active device(s) on record
Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Ana's CafeAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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 · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
34 St-Herald Sq — B D F M N Q R W · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 6 Av / W 38 St — M5 M7 M55 · 450 ft
Citi BikeW 37 St & 5 Ave · 550 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

38 West 38 Street

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

44 311 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: $132,068 on 1990-02-08 (lender: Home Savings Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1990-02-08Mortgage $132,068 — from THIRTY-EIGHT ASSOCIATES to HOME SAVINGS BANK $132,068
1985-05-01Mortgage $437,500 — from THIRTY-EIGHT ASSOCIATES to CROSSLAND SAVINGS FSB $437,500
1983-03-15Mortgage $450,000 — from THIRTY-EIGHT ASSOCIATES to 3840 ASSOCIATES $450,000

Ten-year activity

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43
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20171135120
20183123018
2019642012
2020165113
2021198018
2022488222
202331723043
202411227242
202501618
2026359017
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The full timeline

Construction 36Enforcement 157Housing & tenants 129Ownership & money 24Health & systems 10

Every one of the 356 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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