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242 West 45 Street

149Records
9City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10036 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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149 recorded events, 1994–2026, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 42 311 service requests, 33 DOB permits, 31 FDNY inspections.

BoroughManhattan 10036
Built1927
Floors5
Res. units0
ClassJ4
Owner (PLUTO)JACOBS THEATRE, LLC
BBL1010160055
BIN1024716

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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

18 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (11) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · Taxi Complaint (1) · Graffiti (1).

Filed construction activity

$465,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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$5,181,000 $2,331,450
2026$5,297,000 $2,383,650
2027$5,423,000 $2,440,350

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Bernard B. Jacobs TheatreAmericanA—

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 · 300 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 46 St — M20 M104 · 500 ft
Citi BikeW 45 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.

Report a problem to 311

242 West 45 Street

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

18 311 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.

Ten-year activity

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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017252009
2018030003
2019140005
2020002002
2021210003
2022232007
2023031004
20246350115
202522111016
2026012014
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The full timeline

Construction 61Enforcement 33Housing & tenants 43Ownership & money 6Health & systems 6

Every one of the 149 recorded events, 1994–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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