Building report

15 West 38 Street · Manhattan · BBL 1008400031 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE Print / save PDF

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This building is not graded (non-residential or no residential units on record) — the report below covers its full public record.

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 1).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$4,900 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

79 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Obstruction (39) · Residential Disposal Complaint (23) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (5) · Water System (5) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Non (2).

Filed construction activity

$10,738,670 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (15 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

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Restaurants in this building

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: No Permit or License), shared by 2 restaurants · 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.

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

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

15 West 38 Street Copy address

79 311 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: $216,179 on 2023-06-15 (lender: Minnesota Life Insurance Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

Ten-year activity

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Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Ownership & money	Health & systems	Total
2017	1	5	0	0	8	14
2018	17	5	13	1	2	38
2019	7	12	7	0	3	29
2020	2	4	5	0	3	14
2021	0	4	1	0	2	7
2022	4	0	4	0	2	10
2023	2	1	10	8	2	23
2024	3	2	37	0	2	44
2025	6	5	27	1	2	41
2026	0	1	10	0	6	17

The last 12 months — 23 records

The full timeline

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