996 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 375 DOB permits, 345 DOB job filings, 91 311 service requests.
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.
16 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (7) · Illegal Parking (3) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Noise (1) · Water System (1) · Air Quality (1).
$10,537,569 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (133 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 | $25,658,000 | $11,546,100 |
| 2026 | $28,103,000 | $12,646,350 |
| 2027 | $29,176,000 | $13,129,200 |
The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 77/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Grand Bakery, Restaurant & Pizza Bar | Mediterranean | Grade Pending | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
7 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Contains Foreign Object, Kitchen/Food Prep Area) · 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 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 39 St — M1 M2 M3 M55 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 40 St & 5 Ave · 300 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.
8 West 40 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
16 311 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: $8,000,000 on 2017-02-13 (lender: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-13 | AL&R $38,000,000 — from AB 40TH STREET LLC to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $38,000,000 | |
| 2017-02-13 | Agreement $38,000,000 — from AB 40TH STREET LLC to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $38,000,000 | |
| 2017-02-13 | Mortgage $8,000,000 — from AB 40TH STREET LLC to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $8,000,000 | |
| 2007-07-05 | Agreement $30,000,000 — from AB 40TH STREET LLC to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS | $30,000,000 | |
| 2007-07-05 | Mortgage $8,932,002 — from AB 40TH STREET LLC to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS | $8,932,002 | |
| 2001-06-05 | Mortgage $9,024,834 — from AB 40TH STREET LLC to FIRST UNION NATIONALBANK | $9,024,834 | |
| 1987-07-28 | Mortgage $12,250,000 — from 40 ASSOCIATES to DIME SAVINGS BK OF NY | $12,250,000 | |
| 1984-06-29 | Mortgage $97,881 — from 40TH ASSOCIATES to AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK | $97,881 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 44 |
| 2018 | 49 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 74 |
| 2019 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 47 |
| 2020 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 45 |
| 2021 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 2022 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 2024 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| 2025 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 35 |
| 2026 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 43 |
Every one of the 996 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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