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38 West 45 Street

526Records
18City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10036 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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526 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 110 311 service requests, 106 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 89 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10036
Built1903
Floors13
Res. units0
ClassH2
Owner (PLUTO)MIDTOWN SOUTH OWNER LLC
BBL1012600056
BIN1034234

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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

26 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (8) · Encampment (7) · Homeless Person Assistance (3) · Lost Property (3) · Residential Disposal Complaint (2) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$274,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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)midtown south owners
Head officerELVIN COLON
Managing agentCLUB QUARTERS MINDTOWN/TIMES
Last registered2025-08-24

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$20,011,000 $9,004,950
2026$21,874,000 $9,843,300
2027$31,133,000 $14,009,850

The city's market estimate has risen 56% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS
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
Midpoint BarAmericanA—

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

Subway47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr — B D F M · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: W 44 St / 6 Av — M55 · 400 ft
Citi BikeW 44 St & 5 Ave · 450 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

38 West 45 Street

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

26 311 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: $36,000,000 on 2019-08-08 (lender: Manufacturers And Traders Trust Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-04-15AL&R $30,743,928 — from MIDTOWN SOUTH OWNER LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $30,743,928
2025-04-15Agreement $30,743,928 — from MIDTOWN SOUTH OWNER LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $30,743,928
2024-11-14Agreement $31,163,688 — from MIDTOWN SOUTH ASSOCIATES, LLC; MIDTOWN SOUTH OWNER LLC to M&T BANK $31,163,688
2019-08-08AL&R $36,000,000 — from MIDTOWN SOUTH OWNER, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $36,000,000
2019-08-08Mortgage $36,000,000 — from MIDTOWN SOUTH OWNER, LLC to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY $36,000,000
2019-08-08Deed $64,030,500 — from SCCQ MIDTOWN LLC to MIDTOWN SOUTH OWNER LLC $64,030,500
2019-08-08Agreement $64,382,925 — from SCCQ ROCK HOTEL LLC; SCCQ MIDTOWN LLC to AAREAL CAPITAL CORPORATION $64,382,925
2019-08-08Mortgage $36,117,075 — from SCCQ MIDTOWN LLC to AAREAL CAPITAL CORPORATION $36,117,075
2019-08-02Sold for $64,030,500 $64,030,500 $64,030,500
2016-09-07Agreement $100,500,000 — from SCCQ MIDTOWN LLC; SCCQ ROCK HOTEL LLC to AAREAL CAPITAL CORPORATION $100,500,000
2016-09-07Deed $58,700,000 — from RCQ HOTEL MT, LLC to SCCQ MIDTOWN LLC $58,700,000
2016-09-07Mortgage $11,340,445 — from SCCQ ROCK HOTEL LLC; SCCQ MIDTOWN LLC to AAREAL CAPITAL CORPORATION $11,340,445
2016-09-07AL&R $100,500,000 — from SCCQ MIDTOWN LLC; SCCQ ROCK HOTEL LLC to AAREAL CAPITAL CORPORATION $100,500,000
2016-08-25Sold for $58,700,000 $58,700,000 $58,700,000
2012-10-04Agreement $37,500,000 — from RCQ HOTEL MT, LLC; RCQ HOTEL OPERATOR MT, INC. to CAPITALSOURCE BANK $37,500,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170590216
2018030036
20190278320
2020043029
20212560215
202200110213
20233050412
202451101421
202510133219
202641100217
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The full timeline

Construction 117Enforcement 135Housing & tenants 134Ownership & money 108Health & systems 32

Every one of the 526 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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