304 West 40 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00763-0044BIN 1082926Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 24 apartments
026 active DOB violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2023 — of about 24 apartments.

2018 — 1 units registered2023 — 1

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building6 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-045+ YRS OLD

D26-17.10 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM 1 STY PUBLIC HALL NEAR MAILBOXES AND AT DOOR TO BOILER ROOM.

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 8Issued 2009-11-105+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE TOP SASH WINDOW IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 8, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt NAIssued 2000-04-265+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING 100 watts incandescent. AT FRONT AREAWAY, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 1993-10-052 violations5+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSE WIRES CEILING FIXTURE 2 STY PUBLIC HALL.
SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE 3 STY EAT ATP 3F KITCHEN.

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

771

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk234

Unspecified219

Residential181

Commercial105

Vehicle32

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

2098

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

175

≈ per month

Felony624

Misdemeanor1307

Violation167

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 16 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2002-02-05

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL1989-06-12

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

ConstructionNon-Hazardous1989-04-07$250 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2008-10-16

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

304 West 40th Street LLC

Head officer

Isidoros Michalos

Managing agent

Isidoros Michalos

6 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

283 EAST HOUSTON STREETMANHATTAN 32-35 33 STREETQUEENS 34-06 BROADWAYQUEENS 39-70 62 STREETQUEENS 420 EAST 13 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2026 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2026-06-30 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1981-07-28 · no recorded price

Sale2026-06-30no recorded price

MICHOLOS, ISIDOROS G → 304 WEST 40TH STREET LLC

Sale1981-07-28no recorded price

MAGINAS, GREGORY, MAGINAS REALTY CO, MAGINAS, ARETE DBA → MICHOLOS, ISI DOROSG

Mortgage1981-07-28no recorded price

borrower MICHOLOS, IAI DOROSG · lender MAGINAS, ARETE, MAGINAS, GREGORY

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale