34 West 38th Street, Manhattan
Hotel · built 2018 · Block 839, Lot 67.
Building permits
- No Work, filed Jun 4, 2026
- Alteration, filed Apr 17, 2025, estimated cost $15K, described as “Proposed installation of pipe scaffold for new building as per plans. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 26, 2024, estimated cost $30K, described as “Install Emergency Generator and related piping as shown on drawings. Fuel Oil Storage and electrical permit filed under separate applications. Filed in conjunction with new building application number 121332664. No change to occupancy use…”
- Alteration, filed Jan 12, 2024, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of spyder crane in conjunction with NB 121332664. This application involves no change in use, occupancy or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 8, 2023, estimated cost $2K, described as “Install new standpipe and sprinkler combined system as shown on drawings. Filed in conjunction with new building application number 121332664.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 29, 2023, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary adjacent roof protection as per plans. Protection shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 28, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install new temporary standpipe air pressure alarm system as per local law 64 of 2009 as shown on drawings. Filed in conjunction with NB application # 121332664.”
- Alteration, filed May 11, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of dual personnel/material hoist in accordance with nycc 2022 chapter 33 building code. No change in egress, use, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 15, 2023, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of temorary plywood fence and heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. Sw shed and plywood fence shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 13, 2020, described as “Installation of pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 13, 2020, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 20, 2020, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of a construction fence”
- Alteration, filed Nov 8, 2019, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of temporary construction plywood fence as per plans during construction. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Fence to comply with chapter 33 of NYC building code of 2014.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 14, 2019, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of plywood fence 8' high, outside the property line in conjunction with new building.”
- Alteration, filed May 1, 2019, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 29, 2019, described as “Installation of pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 11, 2018, estimated cost $9K, described as “Installation of Sidewalk Shed as per plans.”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $13,751,100
- 2026–27 tax
- $1,491,719
- Market value (city estimate)
- $30,558,000
- Taxable value
- $13,751,100
- Assessed land
- $1,728,900
- Assessed improvements
- $12,022,200
Zoning
M1-9A/R12: floor area ratio 12.19 built, 15.00 allowed by base zoning.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Recent sales
- May 1, 2017: $19,250,000
Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.
Board and land use applications
- Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan (MSMX) (City Planning 2024M0142): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Completed, filed Jan 16, 2025, decided Aug 14, 2025. The Department of City Planning is seeking a Zoning Map amendment from M1-6 and M1-6D to M1-9A/R12, M1-8A/R12, and M1-8A/R11 and a Zoning Text amendment to facilitate the development of housing and support critical economic activity across…
- Appeal (Board of Standards and Appeals 2022-62-A): Appeal, Granted, filed Aug 23, 2022, decided Jan 23, 2023. Common Law Vesting application requesting that the Board determine that the property owner secured a vested right to complete construction of a development of a hotel prior to the adaption of a zoning text amendment. M1-6 zoning district.
- Extension to finish construction (Board of Standards and Appeals 2022-9-BZY): Extension to finish construction, Withdrawn, filed Jan 20, 2022, decided Mar 30, 2023. Extension of time (§11-332) to complete construction of a minor development commenced under the prior zoning
In the news
36 West 38th Street Hotel Tops Out in Midtown, Manhattan, New York YIMBY, Jan 29, 2024.