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136 West 44 Street

298Records
16City systems
4Open violations
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Manhattan · ZIP 10036 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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298 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 59 311 service requests, 42 DOB violations, 39 HPD complaints.

BoroughManhattan 10036
Built—
Floors—
Res. units0
ClassV1
Owner (PLUTO)136 W44 DEVELOPMENT LLC
BBL1009960049
BIN1022618, 1091582

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations4 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2012-01-09.

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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

14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (6) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (6) · Construction Safety Enforcement (1) · Homeless Person Assistance (1).

Filed construction activity

$178,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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)136 W 44TH ST MIRROR LLC
Head officerDOUGLAS D DURST
Managing agentROYAL REALTY CORP.
Last registered2025-09-11

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,205,000 $1,892,250
2026$3,995,000 $1,797,750
2027$5,194,000 $2,337,300

The city's market estimate has risen 24% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 7)

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

SubwayTimes Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 7 Av / W 44 St — M7 M20 M104 · 450 ft
Citi BikeW 42 St & 6 Ave · 600 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

136 West 44 Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

14 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by ROYAL REALTY CORP — 27 buildings, 3,729 units. Grades across the portfolio: A21 · B4 · C1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
Northern Boulevard QN958 A
625 West 57 Street MN709 A
601 West 57 Street MN597 A
1-02 26 Avenue QN404 A
855 Avenue of the Americas MN382 A
26-50 1st Street QN294 A
3-24 27th Avenue QN163 A
600 West 58 Street MN65 A
213 Front Street MN29 A
142 West 44 Street MN23 A
220 Front Street MN15 A
214 Front Street MN13 A
36 Peck Slip MN11 A
229 Front Street MN9 A
156 West 44 Street MN9 A
24 Peck Slip MN9 A
225 Front Street MN8 A
125 West 43 Street MN6 A
413 West 43 Street MN4 A
425 West 43 Street MN4 A
443 West 43 Street MN4 B
202 East 42 Street MN3 A
947 2 Avenue MN3 C
825 Third Ave MN3 B
423 West 43 Street MN2 B
441 West 43 Street MN2 B
136 West 44 Street MN0 —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,500,000 on 2012-05-24 (lender: The Bank Of East Asia (U.S.A.) N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-05-05Deed $12,635,206 — from 136 W44TH ST MIRROR LLC to 136 W44 DEVELOPMENT LLC $12,635,206
2026-05-05Agreement $2,049,706 — from EASTERN PORK PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC to 140 W44 DEVELOPMENT LLC; 136 W44 DEVELOPMENT LLC $2,049,706
2026-04-24Sold for $12,635,206 $12,635,206
2013-02-07Deed $18,000,000 — from NEW CROWN REALTY CO., LLC to 136 W44TH ST MIRROR LLC $18,000,000
2012-05-24Mortgage $1,500,000 — from NEW CROWN REALTY CO., L.L.C. to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (U.S.A.) N.A. $1,500,000
2012-05-24AL&R $3,000,000 — from NEW CROWN REALTY CO., L.L.C. to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (U.S.A.) N.A. $3,000,000
2012-05-24Agreement $3,000,000 — from NEW CROWN REALTY CO., L.L.C. to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA (U.S.A.) N.A. $3,000,000
2010-03-25Mortgage $1,500,000 — from NEW CROWN REALTY CO. LLC to THE BANK OF EAST ASIA $1,500,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
2017462012
201815006
2019072110
202001304
202101102
202201102
202302002
20240012012
202500404
202600167
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The full timeline

Construction 64Enforcement 86Housing & tenants 114Ownership & money 26Health & systems 8

Every one of the 298 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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