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70 West 40 Street

553Records
17City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10018 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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553 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 170 DOB permits, 162 DOB job filings, 42 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10018
Built1922
Floors16
Res. units0
ClassO6
Owner (PLUTO)MILLTEX DISTRIBUTORS LLC
BBL1008410085
BIN1016059

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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.

$2,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Outdoor Dining (1) · Consumer Complaint (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Rodent (1).

Filed construction activity

$8,199,548 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (67 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$16,788,000 $7,554,600
2026$18,976,000 $8,539,200
2027$22,209,000 $9,994,050

The city's market estimate has risen 32% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 83/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Le Pain QuotidienSandwiches/Salads/Mixed BuffetA—

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 · 100 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 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 6 Av / W 40 St — M5 M7 M55 BxM2 · 200 ft
Citi BikeW 42 St & 6 Ave · 650 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

70 West 40 Street

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

4 311 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: $1,479,215 on 1983-06-27 (lender: National Bank/no America). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1983-06-27Agreement $1,479,215 — from MILLTEX DISTRIBUTORSCO to NATIONAL BANK/NO AMERICA $1,479,215
1983-06-27Mortgage $1,479,215 — from MILLTEX DISTRIBUTORSCO. to NATIONAL BANK/NO AMERICA $1,479,215

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
56
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201740102429
2018205802356
201925430436
20208560726
202112010518
20227030616
202321160432
20245000510
202518010524
202615331628
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The full timeline

Construction 334Enforcement 56Housing & tenants 42Ownership & money 26Health & systems 95

Every one of the 553 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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