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40 West 20th St

Manhattan, NY 10011Individually ownedBBL 1008217501BIN 1076145
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Floors12
ClassR0

40 WEST 20TH ST is a property located at 40 WEST 20TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10011. The building has 12 floors. Public records list the property as individually owned. There are 185 building permits on record (126 active). There are 108 violations on record (10 currently open). 3 docketed judgments are on record with OATH. Data sourced from NYC Department of Buildings (DOB), Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), Department of Finance (DOF), and other government agencies.

A RegWatch Dossier

423records on file

The lot at 40 West 20TH St rises 12 stories over New York. In the 50 years its record reaches back, the lot has drawn 423 separate government filings.

The documentary life of the address leans hard toward permit: 185 of its 423 records, fully 44%, fall under that one heading. Violation (108) and inspection (86) trail well behind. 10 violations stand open against it today.

The pace is anything but even. The early decades pass in near silence; the filings cluster heavily in recent years, peaking in 2017.

On the environmental ledger, the building is benchmarked under Local Law 84, with a site energy-use intensity of 53.8 kBtu per square foot. Its operations answer for roughly 573 metric tons of CO2-equivalent a year.

Read together — 44% permit, 50 years of accumulation, a parcel of New York — these scattered records compose a portrait of the address that no single page sets out to draw.

423 filings. 50 years. One address.

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Property Details

Address40 WEST 20TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10011
R0
Year BuiltN/A
Floors12
Total UnitsN/A
Building AreaN/A
Lot SizeN/A
1008217501
1076145
OwnershipIndividually owned

Building Permits

185 on record · 126 active
Cats RegistrationOther
CURRENT
Filed Aug 27, 2026Job #503727
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General ConstructionDOB NOW
LOC ISSUED
Filed Sep 3, 2025Est. cost $20KJob #M00938883-I1
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General ConstructionDOB NOW
LOC ISSUED
Filed Aug 28, 2025Est. cost $1Job #M00133871-I1
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General ConstructionDOB NOW
LOC ISSUED
Filed Jan 28, 2025Est. cost $1Job #M00207941-I1
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Cats Certificate To OperateOther
CURRENT
Filed Oct 28, 2024Job #440113
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Violations

108 on record · 10 open
Judgments · 3 docketed
DOT summons (OATH)JUDGMENT DOCKETED
Docketed Jul 31, 2009Ticket #0168753595
FAILURE TO APPLY COLOR CODE IDENTIFYING PERMITTEE
DOB summons (OATH)JUDGMENT DOCKETED
Docketed Jul 31, 2009Ticket #034418739H
MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION VIOLATION - MISCELLANEOUS
Sanitation summons (OATH)JUDGMENT DOCKETED
Docketed Oct 31, 2007Ticket #040352799H
ILLEGAL POSTING OF HANDBILL NOTICE
DOB LegacyLBLVIO
ACTIVE
Issued Jun 30, 2023#2694302

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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DOB LegacyLBLVIO
ACTIVE
Issued Jun 30, 2023#2694303

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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DOB LegacyLBLVIO
ACTIVE
Issued Jun 30, 2023#2694304

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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DOB LegacyLBLVIO
ACTIVE
Issued Jun 30, 2023#2714145

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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DOB LegacyLBLVIO
ACTIVE
Issued Jun 30, 2023#2731921

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are there building permits at 40 WEST 20TH ST, Manhattan?

Yes. 40 WEST 20TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10011 has 185 building permits on record, with 126 currently active. Permits are sourced from the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB Legacy and DOB NOW systems). The most recent permit is a Cats Registration (CURRENT) filed Aug 27, 2026.

Does 40 WEST 20TH ST, Manhattan have violations?

Yes. 40 WEST 20TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10011 has 108 violations on record, with 10 currently open. Breakdown: 3 DOB Safety, 90 DOB, 15 ECB. Sources: NYC DOB, HPD, and ECB/OATH.

Does 40 WEST 20TH ST, Manhattan have docketed judgments?

Yes. 40 WEST 20TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10011 has 3 docketed judgments on record with the NYC Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings (OATH). A docketed judgment is an enforceable money judgment entered by OATH after a hearing on a summons issued at this property; where the respondent is the property owner it can attach to the property as a lien.

Who owns 40 WEST 20TH ST?

40 WEST 20TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10011 is individually owned according to public records. Ownership data is from NYC Department of Finance assessment rolls. View the current owner of record and registered contacts in the full property report on RegWatch.

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