144 East 40th Street
Manhattan · Murray Hill-Kips Bay, NY 10016
144 East 40th Street is a building in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, built in 1931. The City has 6 open housing-code violations on file for it, 2 of them immediately hazardous (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 4 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 3 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
The City has this building registered to a person rather than a company, and we do not publish individual names.
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- Units
- 0
- Year built
- 1931
- Neighborhood
- Murray Hill-Kips Bay
- Borough
- Manhattan
This building’s record with the City
Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 3 days from complaint to close, faster than the 5-day neighborhood median.
Complaints are down from 7 to 4 year on year.
4tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 7 the year before
6open repairs
Outstanding with HPD
- Immediately hazardous
- 2
- Hazardous
- 1
- Non-hazardous
- 3
What the open repairs are about
- Heat or hot water1
- Stairs, floors and ceilings1
- Leaks, damp or mould1
- Doors, windows and locks1
- Pests1
Housing Court
The City took this building's owner to Housing Court 1 time since October 2023.
A case is a filing, not a finding. Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 144 East 40th Street yet.
Does the heat hold in January? How long does the super take? Does management answer the phone, and were you charged what you expected? No public record answers any of that. Only someone who lived here can.
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