414 West 42 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01051-0040BIN 1026332

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open rent-impairing violation(s)
022 open HPD violation(s)
03Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress
041 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 DOB 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 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 12 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2023 — 5

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 building8 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.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2018-10-015+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF GARBAGE CANS STORED AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2007-09-105+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRE CEILING CELLAR THRU OUT.

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water14

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-12-23 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

844

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Unspecified322

Street/Sidewalk197

Residential172

Commercial99

Vehicle48

Park3

Helicopter3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly unspecified) — 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

671

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony232

Misdemeanor331

Violation108

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 6 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-09-17Apt 32residential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2019-03-15

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2019-02-25

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

GG West 42 LLC

Head officer

Justin Gorjian

Managing agent

Justin Gorjian

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

171 MOTT STREETMANHATTAN 220 ST NICHOLAS AVENUEMANHATTAN 314 WEST 39 STREETMANHATTAN 314 WEST 58 STREETMANHATTAN 316 WEST 39 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

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 sale2026-06-15 · $3,500,000

Most recent mortgage2026-06-15 · $2,500,000

Sale2026-06-15$3,500,000

BUILDING FOR THE ARTS NY INC, 42ND STREET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION → GG WEST 42 LLC

Mortgage2026-06-15$2,500,000

borrower GG WEST 42 LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage1991-07-03$590,000

borrower 42ND STREET DEVEL CORP · lender CITIBANK NA

Sale1991-06-07no recorded price

UDC/THEATRE ROW ETC, CITY OF NEW YORK → 42ND STREET DEVLPMNTCP

Mortgage1977-11-29no recorded price

borrower 42ND ST LCL DVLPMNTCORP · lender FEDERAL DPST INSRNCCOR

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

The lien was sold in the 2021 tax-lien sale

The owner's unpaid property taxes (and possibly water charges) went unresolved through a series of notices, and the debt reached the city's Final Sale list — the lien was sold to a private collector who can add interest and fees.

Years listed

2021

Most recent

Final saleincl. property tax2021-12-17

10-day noticeincl. property tax2021-12-03

30-day noticeincl. property tax2021-11-10

60-day noticeincl. property tax2021-10-18

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale