235 East 42nd Street
12 months to Jun 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- Built in 1960 (city records)
About this building
The building’s floor space is 19.4 times the size of its lot: 728,739 sq ft of building on a 37,657 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 26, 2026.
235 East 42nd Street
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235 East 42 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10017. The closest subway is Grand Central-42 St (4,5,6,7,S) (6-minute walk), served by the 4, 5, 6, 7, E, F, and S lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-09-11
- 2026-09-11
- 2026-09-01
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1960. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 159
- GRAND LARCENY: 57
- HARRASSMENT 2: 34
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 22
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 21
- Noise: 104
- Illegal Parking: 96
- Homeless Person Assistance: 61
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 43
- Noise - Residential: 29
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- The River School
- P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray
- Manhattan Academy For Arts & Language
- Murray Hill Academy
- Unity Center for Urban Technologies
- Grand Central-42 St
- Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
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- Earth Day New York
- Women's Expressive Theater, Inc.
- Temple Of Understanding
- New York Institute Of Career Develop
- Red Fern Theatre Company, Inc.
- Making Books Sing, Inc.
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Astound Broadband Cable Fiber Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 1,500 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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