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134 East 39 Street, Manhattan

Manhattan • Block 00894 • Lot 0061 • Zip: 10016

Condition

What the city currently has open against this building, counted from its own records.

4 Open DOB violations 25 on record • 2003–2025

Address

Primary address: 134 East 39 Street, Manhattan
Borough: Manhattan
Zip code: 10016
Block: 00894
Lot: 0061
BBL: 1008940061
Unified address ID: 1008940061

Land use and zoning

Land use: Public Facilities & Institutions
Zoning: R8B (Residential)
Ownership: Fully tax-exempt property
Lot type: Inside
Lot area: 4,279 sq ft
Lot dimensions: 43 ft x 98 ft
Built FAR: 2.43
Max residential FAR: 4
Max facility FAR: 4
School district: 2

Building

Building class: Miscellaneous - Foreign Government (Z4)
Year built: 1915
Last altered: 1973
Floors: 5
Total units: 3
Residential units: 0
Building area: 10,393 sq ft
Building dimensions: 43 ft x 60 ft
Basement: Below grade full basement
Owner: THE ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT

Latest assessment

Assessment year: 2018/19
Tax class: All Others
Market value: $3,209,000
Total assessment: $1,444,050
Land assessment: $675,000
Exempt total: $1,444,050
Assessment owner: THE ROYAL THAI GOVERN

Neighborhood

The area this lot falls inside, and the commute Hoodkit measures from it.

Neighborhood Murray Hill
District Manhattan

Getting around

Estimated 4 days ago
Nearest station
Grand Central-42 St 7 7X

About 6 minutes on foot · 401 m

  • Grand Central 6 min 6 walking, 0 riding
  • Times Square 12 min 6 walking, 6 riding
  • Union Square 17 min 6 walking, 11 riding
  • Penn Station 19 min 6 walking, 13 riding
  • Fulton Street 23 min 6 walking, 17 riding
  • Downtown Brooklyn 31 min 6 walking, 25 riding

Around this address

Transit and places within 0.5 miles of the lot.

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Activity

Sales, filings, permits and violations from every dataset, in one order.

2025

  1. DOB violation Nov 14, 2025

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

2023

  1. DOB violation Jun 30, 2023

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  2. DOB violation Jun 20, 2023

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  3. DOB violation Jun 20, 2023

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

2022

  1. DOB filing Nov 15, 2022 $1,000

    Alteration Type I

    FILING NO WORK ALTERATION I APPLICAATION TO UPDATE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. ALL WORK WAS DONE UNDER ALTII APPLICATIO...

2021

  1. Permit issued Dec 10, 2021

    AL

    THE PERMANENT MISSION OF THAILAN

  2. DOB filing Apr 2, 2021 $65,000

    Alteration Type II

    INSTALLATION OF MANUAL, AUTOMATIC SMOKE/HEAT DETECTION AND SPRINKLER ALARM.

2020

  1. DOB filing Nov 24, 2020 $50,000

    Alteration Type II

    FILING FOR GUT DEMOLITION OF ALL INTERIOR PARTITIONS, FINISHES, PLUMBING FIXTURES, LIGHTING FIXTURES, WIRING, MECHANI...

  2. DOB filing Nov 13, 2020 $700,000

    Alteration Type II

    FILING FOR REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING FIXTURES AND FINISHES, REMOVE AND INSTALL HVAC UNITS AND ASSOCIATED D...

  3. DOB filing Nov 13, 2020 $250,000

    Alteration Type II

    FILING FOR THE REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

  4. Permit issued Sep 23, 2020

    EW / BL

    AWS MECHANICAL II LLC

  5. Permit issued Jun 4, 2020

    EW / MH

    RICHTER & RATNER CONTRACT

  6. Permit issued Jun 4, 2020

    EW / OT

    RICHTER & RATNER CONTRACT

  7. Permit issued Jun 4, 2020

    EW / OT

    RICHTER & RATNER CONTRACT

  8. Permit issued Jun 4, 2020

    EW / OT

    RICHTER & RATNER CONTRACT

  9. DOB violation Mar 10, 2020

    E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED

  10. DOB violation Mar 10, 2020

    E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED

2019

  1. DOB filing Jun 12, 2019 $0

    Alteration Type III

    INSTALLATION OF ROOF PROTECTION AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.

2018

  1. DOB NOW filing Mar 29, 2018 $1

    Alteration

    LOC Issued

  2. DOB NOW filing Mar 29, 2018 $1

    Alteration

    LOC Issued

2015

  1. Sale Dec 24, 2015 $17,500,000

    Changed hands

    136 EAST 39TH STREET

The most recent 6 events from each dataset, so no one source takes the axis. Each tab holds the full record.

Property Contacts

Contact information aggregated from multiple government sources

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Building Permits

Owner information from Department of Buildings filings

Owner
THE PERMANENT MISSION OF THAILAN
H.E. MR VITAVAS SRIVIHOK
DOB Filing 11/15/2022
Owner
SPRING SCAFFOLDING LLC
WILLIAM LAFFEY
DOB Filing 06/12/2019
Owner
BNAI ZION FOUNDATION INC
CHERYL BIER
DOB Filing 04/23/2013
Owner
Bnai Zion Foundation
Pilsof Ronen
DOB Filing 03/04/2008
Owner
BNAI ZION FOUNDATION
RONEN PILOSOF
DOB Filing 01/20/2004
3

Recent Building Permits

Owner information from recent DOB NOW filings

Owner
SPRING SCAFFOLDING LLC
NEW YORK, NY, 10013
DOB NOW 03/29/2018
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Deed Records

Parties from ACRIS deed and mortgage records

GRANTOR/SELLER
BNAI ZION FOUNDATION, INC.
1430 BROADWAY, 18TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY, 10018
ACRIS 12/24/2015
GRANTEE/BUYER
THE ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT
351 EAST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY, 10022
ACRIS 12/24/2015
MORTGAGEE/LENDER
GOERGE W. SCHAEFER, AS TRUSTEE
ACRIS 12/16/2015
MORTGAGEE/LENDER
THE GEORGE W. SCHAEFFER LIVING TRUST
ACRIS 12/16/2015
Party 2
325 ASSOCIATES L.P.
355 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY, 10016
ACRIS 08/14/2012
MORTGAGEE/LENDER
SCHAEFFER, TRUSTEE, GEORGE W
716 NORTH MAPLE DRIVE
BEVERLY HILLS, CA, 90210
ACRIS 03/06/2012
ASSIGNOR/OLD LENDER
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY, 10017
ACRIS 03/02/2012
PARTY 1
BNAI ZION FOUNDATION, INC
136 EAST 39TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY, 10016
ACRIS 04/14/2008
PARTY 1
131 EAST 38TH STREET HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
131 EAT 38TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY, 10016
ACRIS 03/19/2008
PARTY 1
LEXINGTON AVENUE HOLDINGS LLC
39 HEYWARD STREET
BROOKLYN, NY, 11211
ACRIS 01/08/2008

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Property Records

Owner information from assessment and PLUTO records

Assessment Owner
THE ROYAL THAI GOVERN
Assessment Roll
PLUTO Owner
THE ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT
PLUTO