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54 West 40 Street

364Records
16City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10018 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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364 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 78 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 74 DOB permits, 65 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10018
Built1903
Floors11
Res. units0
ClassO6
Owner (PLUTO)54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC
BBL1008410080
BIN1016057

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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

6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (2) · Snow or Ice (2) · Graffiti (1) · Vendor Enforcement (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,498,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (20 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)DAY TOP VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC
Head officerWILLIAM B O'BRIEN
Managing agentDAYTOP VILLAGE, INC
Last registered2008-04-18

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$29,536,000 $13,291,200
2026$29,964,000 $13,483,800
2027$24,159,000 $10,871,550

The city's market estimate has fallen 18% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)A — ENERGY STAR score 93/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Blue Bottle CoffeeCoffee/TeaA—

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 · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 6 Av / W 40 St — M5 M7 M55 BxM2 · 300 ft
Citi BikeW 42 St & 6 Ave · 700 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

54 West 40 Street

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

6 311 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: $3,719,852 on 2025-10-24 (lender: Deutsche Bank Ag, New York Branch), covering 6 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
2025-10-24AL&R $80,000,000 — from 50 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC; KENDOR DEVELOPMENT LLC; 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC; 43 WEST 39TH REA to DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH $80,000,000
2025-10-24Agreement $80,000,000 — from 50 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC; 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC; WEST 39TH ASSOCIATES, LLC; KENDOR DEVELO to DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH $80,000,000
2025-10-24Mortgage $3,719,852 — from KENDOR DEVELOPMENT LLC; 43 WEST 39TH REALTY LLC; 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC; 50 WEST 40TH REA to DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH $3,719,852
2020-07-31Agreement $29,355,683 — from 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $29,355,683
2020-07-27Mortgage $44,000,000 — from 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC; 43 WEST 39TH REALTY LLC; WEST 39TH ASSOCIATES, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $44,000,000
2020-07-21CMTG $4,900,000 — from 50 WEST 40TH STREET LLC; 43 WEST 39TH STREET LLC; 54 WEST 40TH STREET LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $4,900,000
2016-01-08M&CON $30,000,000 — from 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $30,000,000
2016-01-08AL&R $30,000,000 — from 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $30,000,000
2012-10-23CORRM $8,850,669 — from DAYTOP VILLAGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED to SIGNATURE BANK $8,850,669
2012-08-01Agreement $25,000,000 — from WEST 40TH REALTY LLC; 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $25,000,000
2012-08-01AL&R $25,000,000 — from 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC; WEST 40TH REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $25,000,000
2012-07-27Deed $32,000,000 — from DAYTOP VILLAGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED to 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC $32,000,000
2012-07-27Mortgage $7,000,000 — from 54 WEST 40TH REALTY LLC; WEST 40TH REALTY LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $7,000,000
2012-07-25Mortgage $8,850,669 — from DAYTOP VILLAGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED to SIGNATURE BANK $8,850,669
2012-07-25Agreement $13,765,366 — from SIGNATURE BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT to DAYTOP VILLAGE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED $13,765,366

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20174410110
201812020317
20199230216
202012203219
20210460111
2022001001
2023011013
20246208420
20250027211
2026004015
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The full timeline

Construction 152Enforcement 82Housing & tenants 29Ownership & money 78Health & systems 23

Every one of the 364 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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