1538 Broadway
BBL 1009987501Midtown-Times Square · Manhattan
Floors
42
Built
1989
Area
919.9ksf
Units
0
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Address
PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
- Property address
- 1538 BROADWAY
- Alternate address(es)
- 1540 B'way159-177 West 45 St164 Little Brazil St164 West 46 St1540 Broadway
- Zip code
- 10036
- Neighborhood
- Midtown-Times Square
- Borough
- Manhattan
- Block & lot
- 00998-7501
Zoning & buildable
Lot 38,700 sf · C6-7T
- Zoning district
- C6-7T
- Special district
- MiD
- PLUTO building class
- RC
Special District MiD — district-specific bulk and use rules may override the base FAR analysis.
FAR breakdown & buildable envelope — residential, commercial and community-facility headroom math in the full report.
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PLUTO · owner of record
BERTELSMANN PROPERTY
- Ownership form
- Condo
- Condo
- 5 unit lots
- Last recorded sale
- None since 2000
Tenancy & use
PLUTO units + DHCR rent-stabilization roll
0residential unitsnon-stabilized
- Residential sq. ft.
- 0
- Commercial sq. ft.
- 919,865
- PLUTO class
- RC
Lot
PLUTO · DOF parcel geometry
- Lot area
- 38,700 sf
- Dimensions
- 180.1 × 186.1 ft
- Position
- Corner lot
- Front street
- W 45 ST
- Side street
- 7 AVE
- D/F ratio
- 1.0 — shallow lot (atypical for NYC)
Financial
NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
- Total assessment
- $253.5M
- Land value
- $31.1M
- $/sf (implied)
- $276
Compliance
HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Minor activity
0 open HPD violations · 0 open HPD complaints · 23 active DOB jobs
- HPD violations (24 months)
- 0
- DOB violations (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (open)
- 0
- DOB jobs (24 months)
- 34
$15.3M in alteration permits over last 24 months
Provenance
Every datum on this page is sourced from public NYC + federal datasets, refreshed on the schedule below.
| Source | What it covers | Last refresh |
|---|---|---|
| PLUTO | NYC DCP · physical / zoning / ownership baseline | Jul 9, 2026 |
| ACRIS | NYC DOF · deed + mortgage history | Jul 9, 2026 |
| HPD | Housing Preservation & Development · violations + complaints | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DOB | Department of Buildings · violations + permits | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DHCR | Rent Stabilization roll (through 2024) | Jul 9, 2026 |
| LPC | Landmarks Preservation Commission · landmark status | not loaded |
| Footprint | NYC DoITT photogrammetric building polygons | not loaded |
Assembled at Jul 9, 2026. Discrepancies between sources reflect upstream-data quality, not assembly bugs — file in our quality tracker.