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60 East 42 Street

5,250Records
16City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10165 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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5,250 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,081 DOB job filings, 2,040 DOB permits, 311 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10165
Built1929
Floors55
Res. units0
ClassO4
Owner (PLUTO)ESRT ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE, L.L.C.
BBL1012760042
BIN1035335

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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

111 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (21) · Outdoor Dining (17) · Illegal Parking (12) · Noise (9) · Vendor Enforcement (8) · Taxi Complaint (5).

Filed construction activity

$151,915,353 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (850 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$318,898,000 $143,504,100
2026$316,578,000 $142,460,100
2027$342,842,000 $154,278,900

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 76/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
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
6BAmericanA—
Blue Bottle CoffeeCoffee/TeaA—
Pera Mediterranean BrasserieMediterraneanAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

3 restaurants · 1 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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayGrand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: E 42 St / Madison Av — M42 · 150 ft
Citi BikePark Ave & E 41 St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray
Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. 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

60 East 42 Street

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

111 311 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: $206,231 on 2014-11-14 (lender: The Prudential Insurance Company Of America), 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2014-11-14AL&R $91,000,000 — from ESRT ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE, L.L.C. to THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMER $91,000,000
2014-11-14Agreement $91,000,000 — from ESRT ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE, L.L.C. to THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMER $91,000,000
2014-11-14Mortgage $206,232 — from ESRT ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE, L.L.C. to THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMER $206,232
2013-10-24RPTT $52,591,407 — from THE ESTATE OF LEONA M. HELMSLEY (SEE RID to EMPIRE STATE REALTY OP, L.P. $52,591,407
2013-10-21ASPM $12,000,000 — from ESRT ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE, L.L.C to SIGNATURE BANK $12,000,000
2013-10-21Agreement $87,032,897 — from ESRT ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE; 60 EAST 42ND ST. ASSOCIATES L.L.C. to MALKIN, ANTHONY E; THE PRUDENTIAL INSURACE COMPANY OF AMERI; EMPIRE STATE REALTY OP, L.P.; $87,032,897
2013-10-08ASSTO $203,277,434 — from LINCOLN BUILDING ASSOCIATES; LINCOLN BUILDING ASSOCIATES L.L.C. to ESRT ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE, L.L.C. $203,277,434
2013-10-08Deed $317,792,126 — from 60 EAST 42ND ST. ASSOCIATES L.L.C. to ESRT ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE, L.L.C. $317,792,126
2013-10-07AL&R $12,000,000 — from 60 EAST 42ND ST. ASSOCIATES L.L.C to SIGNATURE BANK $12,000,000
2013-10-07Mortgage $12,000,000 — from 60 EAST 42ND ST. ASSOCIATES L.L.C to SIGNATURE BANK $12,000,000
2013-07-11AL&R $12,000,000 — from 60 EAST 42ND ASSOCIATES; 60 EAST 42ND ST. ASSOCIATES L.LC to SIGNATURE BANK $12,000,000
2013-07-11Mortgage $12,000,000 — from 60 EAST 42ND ST. ASSOCIATES L.LC; 60 EAST 42ND ASSOCIATES to SIGNATURE BANK $12,000,000
2009-11-16Agreement $96,012,524 — from 60 EAST 42ND ST. ASSOCIATES L.L.C.; LINCOLN BUILDING ASSOCIATES L.L.C. to THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMER $96,012,524
2009-11-16Mortgage $16,000,000 — from 60 EAST 42ND ST. ASSOCIATES L.L.C.; LINCOLN BUILDING ASSOCIATES L.L.C. to THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMER $16,000,000
2009-11-16AL&R $96,012,524 — from 60 EAST 42ND ST. ASSOCIATES L.L.C.; LINCOLN BUILDING ASSOCIATES L.L.C. to THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMER $96,012,524

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20172137120119351
20182571011042320
20191841212028236
2020122616010154
202112629022159
2022110024013147
2023155516115192
2024160234023219
202510514608160
2026109230122164
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The full timeline

Construction 4,159Enforcement 412Housing & tenants 311Ownership & money 60Health & systems 308

Every one of the 5,250 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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