3,290 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 991 311 service requests, 589 DOB permits, 564 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
| Open HPD violations | 1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2026-04-29. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
5 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 1).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
425 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (284) · Consumer Complaint (17) · Food Establishment (15) · Encampment (15) · Non (11) · Illegal Parking (10).
$27,844,227 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (128 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 owner(s) | TSQ HOTEL OWNER LLC |
| Head officer | IAN GAUM |
| Managing agent | HILTON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE |
| Last registered | 2026-07-21 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $132,266,000 | $59,519,700 |
| 2026 | $134,857,000 | $60,685,650 |
| 2027 | $141,024,000 | $63,460,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: NYC ECON DEV CORP
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amc Theatres | American | A | Mice evidence |
| Amc Theatres | American | A | Mice evidence |
| Amc Theatres | American | A | — |
| Amc Theatres - 3rd Floor | American | A | — |
| Applebee's | American | A | Mice evidence |
| Dave & Buster's | American | A | — |
| Hilton New York Times Square | American | B | — |
| Madame Tussaud's | American | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
8 restaurants · 4 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick), shared by 8 restaurants
15 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Food Protection), shared by 8 restaurants · 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 | Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: W 42 St / 7 Av — M42 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 41 St & 8 Ave · 350 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.
234 West 42 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
425 311 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: $8,442,330 on 2010-09-23 (lender: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company), 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-15 | RPTT $12,938,351 — from SHAREHOLDERS OF MERLIN ENTERTAINMENT LIM to MOTION ACQUISITION LIMITED | $12,938,351 | |
| 2019-01-09 | RPTT $74,214,732 — from SHAREHOLDERS OF FOREST CITY REALTY TRUST to ANTLIA HOLDINGS LLC | $74,214,732 | |
| 2010-09-23 | AL&R $85,000,000 — from FC 42ND STREET ASSOCIATES, L.P. to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $85,000,000 | |
| 2010-09-23 | Agreement $85,000,000 — from FC 42ND STREET ASSOCIATES, L.P. to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $85,000,000 | |
| 2010-09-23 | Mortgage $8,442,330 — from FC 42ND STREET ASSOCIATES, L.P. to METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $8,442,330 | |
| 2007-02-05 | RPTT $83,737,295 — from BR MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; FOREST CITY COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.; RATNER, BRUCE to FOREST CITY MASTER ASSOCIATES III, LLC; MASTER III FC / BCR HOLDINGS, INC. | $83,737,295 | |
| 2006-07-28 | RPTT&RET $1,775,000 — from EASYINTERNETCAFE TIME SQUARE LLC to RRG 42ND STREET, INC.; FC 42ND STREET ASSOCIATES, L.P. | $1,775,000 | |
| 2006-07-18 | RPTT&RET $185,000 — from ANANI 2 CORPORATION to EASYINTERNETCAFE TIME SQUARE LLC | $185,000 | |
| 2000-12-14 | Mortgage $18,000,000 — from FC 42ND STREET ASSOCIATES, L.P. to TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSN/AMER | $18,000,000 | |
| 2000-11-22 | Mortgage $9,935,000 — from FC 42 HOTEL LLC to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | $9,935,000 | |
| 1999-01-06 | Mortgage $42,780,552 — from FC 42 HOTEL LLC; CREDIT LYONNAIS NEWYORK BRANCH CO-AGENT to BAYERISCHE HYPO-UNDVEREINSBANK AG | $42,780,552 | |
| 1999-01-06 | Mortgage $30,884,448 — from CREDIT LYONNAIS NEWYORK BRANCH AGENT; FC 42 HOTEL LLC to BAYERISCHE HYPO-UNDVEREINSBANK AG | $30,884,448 | |
| 1998-08-20 | Mortgage $50,985,590 — from FC 42ND STREET ASSOCIATES, L.P. to EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; NEW YORK STATE URBANDEVELOPMENT CORPORAT | $50,985,590 | |
| 1998-08-20 | Mortgage $17,014,410 — from FC 42ND STREET ASSOCIATES, L.P. to EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; NEW YORK STATE URBANDEVELOPMENT CORPORAT | $17,014,410 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | 44 | 37 | 0 | 15 | 110 |
| 2018 | 47 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 137 |
| 2019 | 56 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 17 | 169 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 54 |
| 2021 | 36 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 71 |
| 2022 | 52 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 113 |
| 2023 | 24 | 39 | 168 | 0 | 10 | 241 |
| 2024 | 55 | 15 | 189 | 0 | 17 | 276 |
| 2025 | 34 | 7 | 111 | 2 | 9 | 163 |
| 2026 | 29 | 3 | 106 | 0 | 26 | 164 |
Every one of the 3,290 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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