296 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 56 DOB violations, 48 311 service requests, 36 ECB/OATH violations.
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.
$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Light Condition (1) · Plumbing (1) · Street Condition (1) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1) · Indoor Air Quality (1) · Street Sign (1).
$2,612,566 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (17 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,008,000 | $3,603,600 |
| 2026 | $7,945,000 | $3,575,250 |
| 2027 | $6,601,000 | $2,970,450 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 18% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 79/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO4FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 10) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cozy Rice | Chinese | A | — |
| E & E Noodles, INC. | Not yet graded | — | |
| Katsu Sushi | Japanese | A | Mice evidence |
| Kung Fu Tea | Other | A | — |
| Yue Dian Xuan | Chinese | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
5 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick), shared by 5 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
| Subway | 42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 600 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 |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 6 Av / W 38 St — M5 M7 M55 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 37 St & 5 Ave · 600 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.
42 West 38 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
11 311 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: $4,691,470 on 2019-10-09 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-09 | Mortgage $4,691,470 — from ELO CAPITAL LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $4,691,470 | |
| 2019-10-09 | Agreement $15,500,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to ELO CAPITAL LLC | $15,500,000 | |
| 2014-12-30 | Mortgage $4,434,265 — from ELO CAPITAL, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $4,434,265 | |
| 2014-12-30 | Agreement $12,000,000 — from ELO CAPITAL, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $12,000,000 | |
| 2014-12-30 | AL&R $12,000,000 — from ELO CAPITAL, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $12,000,000 | |
| 2005-09-14 | AL&R $9,000,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to ELO CAPITAL LLC. | $9,000,000 | |
| 2005-09-14 | Agreement $9,000,000 — from ELO CAPITAL LLC. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $9,000,000 | |
| 2005-09-14 | Mortgage $2,254,945 — from ELO CAPITAL LLC. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $2,254,945 | |
| 2003-05-19 | DEEDO $11,965,000 — from HIGHPOINT ASSOCIATES II, LLC to ELO CAPITAL, LLC | $11,965,000 | |
| 2003-05-19 | Agreement $7,000,000 — from ELO CAPITAL LLC to INTERVEST NATIONAL BANK | $7,000,000 | |
| 2003-05-19 | Mortgage $5,386,267 — from ELO CAPITAL LLC to INTERVEST NATIONAL BANK | $5,386,267 | |
| 1996-01-12 | Mortgage $750,000 — from YORKTOWN ENTERPRISES to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS LOAN ASSOCIATION | $750,000 | |
| 1992-03-04 | Mortgage $100,000 — from YORKTOWN ENTPERISES to EAST NEW YORK SVGS BK | $100,000 | |
| 1985-05-28 | Mortgage $5,000,000 — from YORKTOWN ENTERPRISES to BANKERS TRUST COMPANY | $5,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 2020 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Every one of the 296 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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