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27 West 38th Street

159Records
14City systems
2Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10018 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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159 recorded events, 2000–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 50 DOB job filings, 35 311 service requests, 20 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughManhattan 10018
Built2017
Floors26
Res. units0
ClassRH
Owner (PLUTO)FORTUNA FIFTH AVE LLC
BBL1008407502
BIN1090632

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations2 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2025-11-17.

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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.

$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Residential Disposal Complaint (6) · Obstruction (5) · Noise (5) · Water System (2) · Lost Property (1) · Plumbing (1).

Filed construction activity

$64,800 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (10 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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)FORTUNA FIFTH AVE LLC
Head officerMorris Moinian
Managing agentHENDRICKS HOTEL
Last registered2024-09-21

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$13,891,463 $6,251,158
2026$14,553,760 $6,549,192
2027$14,977,687 $6,739,959

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
IslaAustralianB—

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (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.

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 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 38 St — M4 M5 · 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

27 West 38th Street

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

25 311 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

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-02-26AL&R $51,250,000 — from HENDRICKS HOTEL LLC; FORTUNA FIFTH AVE LLC to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. $51,250,000
2025-02-26Agreement $51,250,000 — from FORTUNA FIFTH AVE LLC; HENDRICKS HOTEL LLC to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. $51,250,000
2025-02-26AL&R $51,250,000 — from HENDRICKS HOTEL LLC; FORTUNA FIFTH AVE LLC to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. $51,250,000
2025-02-26Agreement $51,250,000 — from FORTUNA FIFTH AVE LLC; HENDRICKS HOTEL LLC to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. $51,250,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017601007
2018101002
2019411039
2020221409
20216550016
20223084015
202321130016
2024016018
2025001012123
2026007029
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The full timeline

Construction 60Enforcement 11Housing & tenants 55Ownership & money 20Health & systems 13

Every one of the 159 recorded events, 2000–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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