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321 West 42nd St, Manhattan

BBL 1-01033-0021

Built
1930
Floors
5
Residential units
12
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
C6-4
Lot area
2,510 sq ft
Floor area
9,203 sq ft
Last sale
$20,000,000 for 3 lots

En español: 6 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 19 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 12 años abierta, desde el 4 de marzo de 2014.

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  1. 6

    Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.

    7 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 11

    Class B, hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.

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  3. 2

    OATH/ECB summonses still active. Most often Construction.

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 6 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The original certify-by dates on the 17 open HPD violations run from December 7, 2023 to October 20, 2026. The report prints the date beside each one.

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6 open Class C and an OATH hearing on January 21, 2027. The oldest open HPD violation was filed March 4, 2014.

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OATH hearings
A hearing on a DOB summons is set for January 21, 2027.
OATH/ECB summonses
4 DOB and FDNY summonses here since January 1, 2019, with $5,030 in penalties imposed. 2 of them are still active, the same 2 listed under OATH/ECB.
  • September 19, 2025, DOB: Fail to comply with commissioner order to file certificate of correction with DOB. Adjourned, $1,250 penalty imposed.
  • December 2, 2024, DOB: Failure to maintain building in code-compliant manner. Decided by default, $1,280 penalty imposed.
  • February 8, 2023, DOB: Failure to maintain building walls or appurtenances. Admitted, $2,500 penalty imposed.

The newest 3 of 4 summonses OATH lists here. The report lists all 4, with each outcome, the penalty imposed and any docketing date. What the report adds

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DOB violations
3 active DOB violations. The newest was issued March 5, 2025.
Housing court
1 housing court case here, opened in 2008.
DOB permits
DOB NOW lists 5 work permits here, the newest issued August 20, 2024, for Supported Scaffold work.
  • Supported Scaffold, issued August 20, 2024, signed off.
  • General Construction, issued August 16, 2024, signed off.
  • Sidewalk Shed, issued February 14, 2024, expired February 14, 2025.

The newest 3 of 5 permits DOB NOW lists here. The report lists all 5, with job numbers and each job's estimated cost. What the report adds

Bedbug report
Filed December 9, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C6 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent18949203321-323-325 WEST42ND STREET LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18694844321-323-325 WEST42ND STREET LLC
Notice sent18694819321-323-325 WEST42ND STREET LLC
Not complied with18014112
No access to reinspect (first try)18014110
Fire SafetyNot complied with17364458
Class B11 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent19177069321-323-325 WEST42ND STREET LLC
Notice sent19177068321-323-325 WEST42ND STREET LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18949202321-323-325 WEST42ND STREET LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18949201321-323-325 WEST42ND STREET LLC
Notice sent18708286321-323-325 WEST42ND STREET LLC
MoldNo access to reinspect (first try)18306774
Not complied with18014115
Not complied with18014111
No access to reinspect (first try)16316725
Fire SafetyNo access to reinspect (first try)16316724
The report lists all 11, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
OATH/ECB2 open most often Construction
Construction, Class 2Hearing pending39161074N321-323-325 WEST42ND STREET LLC
Construction, Class 1Decided by default39131653K

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Questions about this building

Does 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan had 19 open violations on October 10, 2026: 17 from HPD and 2 from OATH/ECB. 6 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 12 years, since March 4, 2014.

Is 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 6 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

Does 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan have an OATH hearing coming up?

Yes. A hearing on a DOB summons is set for January 21, 2027. DOB summonses are heard at OATH, the city's hearings office, and OATH can move a hearing to a later date. When nobody shows up, the summons is decided by default, the costliest way one ends.

Does 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 3 active DOB violations. The newest was issued March 5, 2025. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.

Has 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan been in housing court?

Yes. 1 housing court case here, opened in 2008. HPD takes buildings to housing court to get violations fixed and heat and hot water restored, and it joins tenants' own repair cases, called tenant actions. A case stays open until the court closes it.

When did 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On December 9, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

When was 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1930 as the year 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up building with 5 floors.

How many apartments does 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 12 residential units at 321 West 42 Street, Manhattan. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on OATH hearing dates, OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, DOB NOW work permits, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. This page is current through October 10, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus OATH hearing dates, OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, DOB NOW work permits, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 321 West 42nd St, Manhattan: 12 units, 6 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/321-west-42-street-manhattan

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