Street record · Manhattan

West 42 Street

23 mapped DOB filings publish this street name in the current snapshot. They span Chelsea-Hudson Yards, Midtown-Times Square, Hell's Kitchen. 10 changed status in the last 7 days.

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Qualified records23
Active-status records19
Latest status changeSep 11, 2026

What is on this street

The built record of West 42 Street

City Planning maps 48 tax lots on West 42 Street in Manhattan, 40% of them mixed residential and commercial. The oldest went up in 1903 and the newest in 2022. This describes the street as it stands, not the filings below.

Tax lots
48
Buildings
45
Homes
3,801
Typically built
1930s
Typical height
8–60 floors
Built area
7,427,271 sq ft

How the lots are used

  • Mixed residential and commercial19 of 48
  • Commercial and office17 of 48
  • Elevator apartments5 of 48

Zoning: C6-4, C6-7, C6-6 are the districts covering most of the street. A zoning district sets what may be built, not what is there now.

NYC Department of City Planning · Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · 64uk-42ks · read 2026-09-11

How to read this street page

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These records are grouped by the street name and borough published by DOB. Each address remains an independent filing unless its source record explicitly connects it to another site. Use this page to scan activity along the corridor, then open an individual filing for its exact status, scope and identifiers.

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Source snapshot accessed Sep 13, 2026. Street grouping is based on the normalized street-name field.