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120 East 39 Street

527Records
19City systems
4Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10016 · Neighborhood: Murray Hill-Kips Bay
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527 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 98 DOB permits, 80 DOB job filings, 79 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1928
Floors16
Res. units0
ClassH1
Owner (PLUTO)ST. GILES HOTEL, LLC
BBL1008940075
BIN1019164

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations4 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2024-04-01.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

22 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Consumer Complaint (10) · Illegal Parking (7) · Non (2) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1) · Elevator (1) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$493,775 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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)ST GILES HOTEL, LLC
Head officerABIGAIL TAN
Managing agentLISA GROSSBERG
Last registered2024-08-27

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$22,712,000 $10,220,400
2026$22,866,000 $10,289,700
2027$24,064,000 $10,828,800

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 37/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 10)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Bukhara GrillIndianC—

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

SubwayGrand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 40 St — M101 M102 M103 · 250 ft
Citi BikeE 39 St & Lexington Ave · 250 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.

Report a problem to 311

120 East 39 Street

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

22 311 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: $27,375,000 on 1996-10-04 (lender: Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.), covering 2 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
2010-04-23Deed $29,010,000 — from EMSTAR REALTY LLC to ST. GILES HOTEL, LLC $29,010,000
2006-07-12RPTT $149,180,000 — from STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS HOLDINGS, INC.; HOTEL INVESTORS OF NEBRASKA, INC. to STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC $149,180,000
2006-07-12RPTT $149,180,000 — from STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS to HOTEL INVESTORS OF NEBRASKA, INC.; STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS HOLDINGS, INC. $149,180,000
2006-07-12RPTT $149,180,000 — from SLT REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS $149,180,000
2006-07-12RPTT $149,165,082 — from SLT REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to STARWOOD CHECKMATE HOLDINGS LLC $149,165,082
1996-10-04Mortgage $27,375,000 — from EMSTAR REALTY LLC to SUMITOMO TRUST & BANKING CO., LTD. $27,375,000
1988-11-04Mortgage $6,820,000 — from TUSCANY OPERATING CO to MANHATTAN SVGS BK $6,820,000
1987-11-06Mortgage $15,480,000 — from SCHRAGIS, CAROLE; TUSCANY OPERTATING CO; KASKEL, HOWARD; BLUM, ANITA to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK $15,480,000
1985-04-24Mortgage $15,121,523 — from KASKEL, HOWARD; SCHRAGIS, CAROLE; BLUM, ANITA; TUSCANY OPERATING CO. to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK $15,121,523

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20173431626
20184641226
20190491023
2020239923
2021018413
2022335011
2023424717
20241315120
20255113423
2026139215
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The full timeline

Construction 194Enforcement 110Housing & tenants 90Ownership & money 62Health & systems 71

Every one of the 527 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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