344 West 38 Street
Manhattan · 10018 · BBL 1007610059
344 West 38 Street is a multi-family elevator building in Garment District, Manhattan, ZIP 10018. City records date it to 1915 and count 23 residential units of 25 total. The city's property file lists the owner of record as Karma Properties LLC. Its most recent total assessed value is $10M.
What the eviction record shows
No executed eviction is on record at 344 West 38 Street in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at this address
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 344 West 38 Street in the years PulseCities holds. Absence is not proof: an owner who stops registering leaves the same gap as a building that never had stabilized units. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open violations
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 7 violations against this building, of which 2 remain unresolved. The most serious open grade here is class I, immediately hazardous, with 1 open violation.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through August 26, 2026.
Building permits
| Work | Filed | Type |
|---|---|---|
| SHDINSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN US | Jul 21, 2026 | AL |
| ALPROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY | Jul 21, 2026 | AL |
| SHDINSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS O | Apr 20, 2026 | AL |
DOB job filings on this lot, past 12 months. Source: NYC DOB job filings, current through August 26, 2026.
311 housing complaints
9 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through August 26, 2026.
How 344 West 38 Street compares in 10018
PulseCities tracks 721 lots in 10018, of which 49 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 27 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 10018 scores 17.3 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 149 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Garment District →
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Questions about 344 West 38 Street
Who owns 344 West 38 Street?
The most recent deed on file for 344 West 38 Street names Karma Properties LLC. Deeds record the party that took title, which is often a holding company rather than the operator managing the building.
Has 344 West 38 Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 344 West 38 Street appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.
Have there been evictions at 344 West 38 Street?
No executed eviction at 344 West 38 Street appears in the NYC evictions dataset, which PulseCities holds from April 2024 forward. Executed evictions are the end of the process, so a building with none may still have active housing court cases.
Is 344 West 38 Street rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 344 West 38 Street appears in the years PulseCities holds. That is a gap in the registration record rather than an answer about any apartment, and the free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal is what settles it.
What is the displacement risk around 344 West 38 Street?
10018 (Garment District) scores 17.3 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: eviction rate, LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, assessment spikes, and 311 complaint volume. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.