Clean operational record on the building itself, but heavy Midtown street traffic right outside the front door.
Sitting in the heart of Midtown Manhattan near Times Square, this building carries an operational record with zero open housing-code violations. The real story here is the surrounding block texture. Three things to know:
Street-level outreach calls dominate the immediate three blocks. 367 homeless-assistance requests and 28 encampment logs were recorded within three blocks over the last year. That is a heavy concentration compared to citywide medians, driven by the Midtown theater-district block footprint.
Commercial curbside traffic and street vending pack the surrounding block. 156 illegal-parking complaints and 138 vendor-enforcement calls were logged within three blocks in the last 12 months. The parking calls mostly stem from posted sign violations, short-term loading, and commercial curbside congestion rather than long-term vehicle storage.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
109 West 45th Street is a 0-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1009980026). Brix tracks 1 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1900, this hotel sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 4 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed October 10, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
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