498 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 125 311 service requests, 106 DOB permits, 103 DOB job filings.
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.
12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (4) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (2) · Street Condition (2) · Encampment (1) · Noise (1) · Food Establishment (1).
$1,167,360 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (19 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 | $9,035,000 | $4,065,750 |
| 2026 | $9,721,000 | $4,374,450 |
| 2027 | $8,232,000 | $3,704,400 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 26/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dagg Thai | Thai | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Toxic Chemical/Material) · 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 | Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 39 St — M1 M2 M3 M55 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 40 St & 5 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. 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.
7 East 38 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
12 311 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: $8,923,976 on 2014-10-06 (lender: Lincoln Life & Annuity Company Of New York). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-24 | RPTT&RET $795,000 — from CHARLES E. GABE TRUSTEE; GABE FAMILY IRREVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT to SHOEMAKER, AVERY | $795,000 | |
| 2022-04-07 | Sold for $795,000 | $795,000 | $41,842 |
| 2014-10-06 | AL&R $10,000,000 — from BERNHARD & LEVENSON, INC. to LINCOLN LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YO | $10,000,000 | |
| 2014-10-06 | Agreement $10,000,000 — from BERNHARD & LEVENSON, INC. to LINCOLN LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YO | $10,000,000 | |
| 2014-10-06 | Mortgage $8,923,977 — from BERNHARD & LEVENSON, INC. to LINCOLN LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YO | $8,923,977 | |
| 1999-03-15 | Mortgage $3,573 — from BERNHARD & LEVENSON,INC. to NATIONSBANK, N.A. | $3,573 | |
| 1989-01-18 | Mortgage $3,600,000 — from BERNHARD & LEVENSONINC to JOHN HANCOCK MUTUALETAL | $3,600,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2018 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2026 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
Every one of the 498 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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