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90 East 42 Street

154Records
9City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10017 · Neighborhood: Murray Hill-Kips Bay
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154 recorded events, 1998–2026, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 98 311 service requests, 18 boiler inspections, 10 rodent inspections.

BoroughManhattan 10017
Built1919
Floors1
Res. units0
ClassK5
Owner (PLUTO)NYC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BBL1012760999
BIN1085730

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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

47 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (19) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (6) · Homeless Person Assistance (4) · Vendor Enforcement (4) · Consumer Complaint (3) · Taxi Complaint (3).

Filed construction activity

$90,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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$5,366,000 $2,414,700
2026$5,411,000 $2,434,950
2027$5,176,000 $2,329,200

The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: DOT - STREET

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Pershing Square CafeAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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 · 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · 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
BusNearest boarding stop: E 42 St / Park Av — M42 · 150 ft
Citi BikePark Ave & E 41 St · 50 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

90 East 42 Street

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

47 311 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

50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
32
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20174210016
201802428
201910427
202000022
202101539
202200156
20230010313
20240027532
20250014620
202600415
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The full timeline

Construction 13Enforcement 11Housing & tenants 98Health & systems 32

Every one of the 154 recorded events, 1998–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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