5 East 42 Street, Manhattan
Commercial · built 1968 · Block 1277, Lot 8.
Building permits
- Alteration — Tower, filed Oct 6, 2026, estimated cost $20K, 26 stories
- Alteration — Tower, filed Oct 5, 2026, estimated cost $20K, 26 stories
- Alteration — Residential, filed Sep 28, 2026, estimated cost $4K, 1 unit
- Alteration — Tower, filed Aug 6, 2026, estimated cost $20K, 26 stories
- Alteration — Tower, filed Aug 5, 2026, estimated cost $20K, 26 stories
- No Work, filed Jul 28, 2026
- Alteration — Large Residential, filed Jun 30, 2026, estimated cost $5K, 440 units
- No Work, filed May 20, 2026
- No Work, filed May 13, 2026
- Alteration, filed May 9, 2026
- Alteration — Tower, filed Mar 26, 2026, estimated cost $4.6M, 26 stories
- Alteration — Large Residential, filed Mar 4, 2026, estimated cost $20K, 440 units
- No Work, filed Feb 6, 2026
- Alteration — Large Residential, filed Feb 6, 2026, estimated cost $20K, 440 units
- Alteration — Tower, filed Jan 7, 2026, estimated cost $10K, 26 stories
- No Work, filed Dec 2, 2025
- Alteration — Tower, filed Nov 21, 2025, estimated cost $200K, 26 stories
- Alteration — Tower, filed Nov 18, 2025, estimated cost $200K, 26 stories
- Alteration — Tower, filed Nov 13, 2025, estimated cost $10K, 26 stories
- Alteration, filed Oct 30, 2025, estimated cost $1K
- Alteration, filed Oct 16, 2025, estimated cost $10K
- Alteration — Tower, filed Oct 6, 2025, estimated cost $62.8M, 440 units, 36 stories
- Alteration — Tower, filed Oct 2, 2025, estimated cost $1.0M, 26 stories
- No Work, filed Sep 3, 2025
- No Work, filed Jun 11, 2025
30 older permits are listed on the map.
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $48,975,300
- Last year’s tax
- $5,165,987
- Land value
- $8,010,000
- Improvement value
- $40,965,300
Zoning
C5-2.5: built 16.94 of 12.00 allowed floor area ratio.
In the news
6 East 43rd Street Begins Residential Conversion, Expansion in Midtown, Manhattan, New York YIMBY, Nov 30, 2025.