1,901 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 617 311 service requests, 316 DOB violations, 283 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
| Open HPD violations | 7 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2005-09-09. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,875 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
217 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Vendor Enforcement (46) · Taxi Complaint (31) · Illegal Parking (27) · Homeless Person Assistance (23) · Lost Property (17) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (14).
$15,043,025 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (33 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 owner(s) | Hyatt Equities, L.L.C. |
| Head officer | Devin Griffith |
| Managing agent | Arielle Frost |
| Last registered | 2025-10-22 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $249,131,000 | $112,108,950 |
| 2026 | $254,224,000 | $114,400,800 |
| 2027 | $257,674,000 | $115,953,300 |
The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: NYS URBAN DEV (ESDC)
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Bakery | Bakery Products/Desserts | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 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)
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: No Permit or License, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2022 (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.
| Subway | Grand 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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 42 St — M101 M102 M103 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Park Ave & E 42 St · 400 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.
109 East 42 Street
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
217 311 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: $30,000,000 on 1986-06-26 (lender: Bankers Trust Co), covering 4 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $2,544,020 |
| 2018-01-02 | Deed $13,000,000 — from UDC/COMMODORE REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; HYATT EQUITIES, L.L.C. to METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY | $13,000,000 | |
| 2017-12-19 | Sold for $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 1986-06-26 | Mortgage $30,000,000 — from REGENCY-LEXINGTON PRTNRS to BANKERS TRUST CO | $30,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 32 | 28 | 61 | 3 | 8 | 132 |
| 2018 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 73 |
| 2019 | 1 | 44 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 99 |
| 2020 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 54 |
| 2021 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| 2022 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 49 |
| 2023 | 8 | 13 | 75 | 0 | 4 | 100 |
| 2024 | 3 | 15 | 96 | 0 | 6 | 120 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 58 |
Every one of the 1,901 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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