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89 East 42nd Street · Manhattan · BBL 1012800001 · 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

7 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 7).

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

What 311 hears from this address

1,066 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Panhandling (209) · Vendor Enforcement (202) · Taxi Complaint (169) · Lost Property (122) · Homeless Person Assistance (105) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (53).

Filed construction activity

$30,000 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

Restaurants in this building

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

26 restaurants · 14 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

17 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (3 with three or more people sick), shared by 26 restaurants
28 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage, Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, No Permit or License), shared by 26 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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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

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

89 East 42nd Street Copy address

1,066 311 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: $5,000,000 on 2013-01-07 (lender: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company), covering 8 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.

Ten-year activity

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Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Ownership & money	Health & systems	Total
2017	0	24	55	1	15	95
2018	0	29	47	5	1	82
2019	2	21	86	2	0	111
2020	9	8	68	8	0	93
2021	0	14	110	0	0	124
2022	0	10	169	4	2	185
2023	0	13	244	0	15	272
2024	0	12	555	1	14	582
2025	0	3	293	0	23	319
2026	0	1	147	0	17	165

The last 12 months — 198 records

showing the 80 most recent

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