3,217 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 982 DOB permits, 838 DOB job filings, 553 311 service requests.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
295 service requests in the last three years. Most common: For Hire Vehicle Complaint (80) · Vendor Enforcement (53) · Noise (36) · Illegal Parking (34) · Homeless Person Assistance (26) · Taxi Complaint (12).
$625,573,551 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (569 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,112,884,000 | $500,797,800 |
| 2026 | $1,163,788,000 | $523,704,600 |
| 2027 | $1,343,707,000 | $604,668,150 |
The city's market estimate has risen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 7) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apres | American | A | — |
| Centurion | French | A | — |
| Epicerie Boulud @ Ova | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
| Joji | Japanese | A | — |
| Le Pavillon | French | A | — |
| Ova Cafe Mezz | American | A | — |
| SL Green Realty CORP (28 Floor) | American | A | — |
| Summit Events On 72 | Other | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
8 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 8 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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 2025 (1 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.
| Subway | Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 100 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: full 42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 42 St — M3 M4 Q32 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 43 St & Madison Ave · 250 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.
51 East 42 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
295 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,465,000,000 on 2021-06-29 (lender: Bank Of America, N.A. and Bank Of China, New York Branch). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-29 | Agreement $3,000,000,000 — from ONE VANDERBILT OWNER LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO; BARCLAYS CAPITAL REAL ESTATE INC.; BANK OF CHINA | $3,000,000,000 | |
| 2021-06-29 | Mortgage $1,465,000,000 — from ONE VANDERBILT OWNER LLC to BANK OF CHINA, NEW YORK BRANCH; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO; WELLS FARGO BANK | $1,465,000,000 | |
| 2020-07-09 | Mortgage $170,000,000 — from ONE VANDERBILT OWNER LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $170,000,000 | |
| 2020-07-09 | Mortgage $405,000,000 — from ONE VANDERBILT OWNER LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $405,000,000 | |
| 2020-05-13 | Deed $33,072,265 — from MIDTOWN TRACKAGE VENTURES LLC to METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | $33,072,265 | |
| 2020-03-04 | Deed $33,072,265 — from MIDTOWN TRACKAGE VENTURES LLC to METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | $33,072,265 | |
| 2020-02-28 | Sold for $33,072,265 | $33,072,265 | $6,614,453 |
| 2019-04-04 | Mortgage $130,000,000 — from ONE VANDERBILT OWNER LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $130,000,000 | |
| 2019-04-04 | Mortgage $455,000,000 — from ONE VANDERBILT OWNER LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $455,000,000 | |
| 2017-05-04 | Mortgage $73,565,927 — from ONE VENDERBILT OWNER LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $73,565,927 | |
| 2017-05-04 | Mortgage $201,434,073 — from ONE VENDERBILT OWNER LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $201,434,073 | |
| 2016-10-03 | Mortgage $61,946,170 — from ONE VANDERBILT OWNER LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $61,946,170 | |
| 2016-10-03 | Mortgage $38,053,830 — from ONE VANDERBILT OWNER LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $38,053,830 | |
| 2015-06-18 | DEVR $15,999,021 — from GREEN 110 EAST 42ND LLC to ONE VANDERBILT OWNER LLC | $15,999,021 | |
| 2015-06-09 | Deed $18,312,750 — from 51E42 OWNER LLC to ONE VANDERBILT OWNER LLC | $18,312,750 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 72 |
| 2018 | 38 | 36 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 129 |
| 2019 | 92 | 53 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 196 |
| 2020 | 348 | 38 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 457 |
| 2021 | 351 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 417 |
| 2022 | 174 | 23 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 257 |
| 2023 | 108 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 198 |
| 2024 | 77 | 5 | 86 | 0 | 19 | 187 |
| 2025 | 77 | 5 | 120 | 0 | 15 | 217 |
| 2026 | 43 | 0 | 83 | 1 | 22 | 149 |
Every one of the 3,217 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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