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214 West 42 Street

661Records
18City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10036 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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661 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 172 311 service requests, 116 DOB permits, 90 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10036
Built1903
Floors8
Res. units0
ClassJ4
Owner (PLUTO)NEW AMSTERDAM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
BBL1010130039
BIN1024660

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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

63 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (19) · Non (6) · Illegal Parking (6) · Noise (4) · Street Condition (3) · Sidewalk Condition (3).

Filed construction activity

$7,695,325 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (17 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$29,083,000 $13,087,350
2026$29,735,000 $13,380,750
2027$30,444,000 $13,699,800

The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: NYC ECON DEV CORP

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
New Amsterdam TheaterAmericanNot yet graded—

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

SubwayTimes Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: W 42 St / 7 Av — M42 · 150 ft
Citi BikeW 40 St & 7 Ave · 400 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

214 West 42 Street

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

63 311 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: $4,000,000 on 1983-01-10 (lender: National Bank Of N.A. Tr). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1983-01-10Mortgage $4,000,000 — from N.Y.C.INDUSTRIAL DEV.AGY to NATIONAL BANK OF N.A. TR $4,000,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20175350720
201822240937
20196140819
20205350316
202113100822
202212190729
2023162130334
2024102260442
202533183633
202620160321
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The full timeline

Construction 253Enforcement 122Housing & tenants 173Ownership & money 47Health & systems 66

Every one of the 661 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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