105 West 55 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01008-0026BIN 1023393Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

013 active DOB violation(s)
025 open HPD violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 20 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 52 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2023 — 20

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1917

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 2 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building13 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 9BIssued 2020-06-085+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT CEILING (APPROX. 10 SQ.FT.) AND SOUTH WALL ( APPROX. 4 SQ.FT.) IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 9B, 9th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2013-12-045+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC FLOOR TILES AT WEST SECTION ROOF

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2022-07-11

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PAINT METAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPT. REGULATION THE CORNICE AT SOUTH FACADE , 9th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2020-12-225+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AND ALL WALLS AT BULKHEAD AREA SECTION B AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 10th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

195

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water154

Water Leak10

Plumbing8

Unsanitary Condition8

Electric4

Flooring/Stairs4

General4

Safety2

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

966

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Vehicle456

Unspecified244

Street/Sidewalk98

Residential89

Commercial76

Helicopter3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly vehicle) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

410

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony162

Misdemeanor209

Violation39

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-04-29

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · LL1080-LOCAL LAW 10/80 - FACADE FACADE OPTIONAL1997-07-01

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED1993-10-22

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$625

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

ElevatorsClass 22026-09-15$625 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2018-11-01Apt 7Bresidential

2017-07-07Apt 7Dresidential

2017-02-23Apt 5Eresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2015-04-30

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

105 W 55TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

GIDEON PLATT

Managing agent

105 W 55TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC

13 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1 BROADWAY TERRACEMANHATTAN 102 CONVENT AVENUEMANHATTAN 14 BROADWAY TERRACEMANHATTAN 16 BROADWAY TERRACEMANHATTAN 20 BROADWAY TERRACEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2022-03-10 · $32,000,000

Most recent mortgage2022-03-10 · $18,000,000

Sale2022-03-10$32,000,000

THE MELOHN FOUNDATION, INC. → 105 WEST 55TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC

Mortgage2022-03-10$18,000,000

borrower 105 WEST 55TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC · lender FIRST HORIZON BANK

Sale1984-02-23no recorded price

GERING REALTY CORP → MELOHN FOUNDATION INC

Sale1975-10-03no recorded price

54-55 SIXTH REALTY CORP → GERING REALTY CORP

Sale1973-12-07no recorded price

MANHATTAN 55TH ST CORP → 54/55 SIXTH REALTY CORP

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale