No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
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.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
Lost by default
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
016 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
024 open rent-impairing violation(s)
036 active DOB 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 DOB 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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
13
Open now
27
On record
6
Open Class C
7
Open Class B
0
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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2023-06-28
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AT LOWER LEVEL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2023-06-28RENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2023-06-28RENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF SLIDE BOLT CAPABLE OF BEING LOCKED UPPER LEVEL AT NORTH LEADING TO ROOF IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2023-06-28RENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 8 apartments.
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2018 — 2 units registered2023 — 2
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
The building
1920
Built
5
Floors
8
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 9 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
6
Active
24
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2021-11-02
ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2020-11-03
ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-10-09
Ownership & money
3
Recorded sales
5
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2000-11-20 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2003-06-27 · $17,000,000
Mortgage2003-06-27$17,000,000
borrower 56TH STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., 56TH STREET RETAIL, L.L.C. · lender BAYERISCHE HYPO-UND VEREINSBANK AG
Mortgage2001-04-20$196,151,054
borrower 257 W. 55 STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK
Sale2000-11-20no recorded price
SEAGOD CONSTRUCTIONCORP → 257 W 55 STREET ASSOCIATES LLC
Sale2000-11-20no recorded price
257 W 55 STREET ASSOCIATES LLC → SEAGOD CONSTRUCTIONCORP.
Mortgage2000-09-13$46,700,000
borrower 56TH STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., BERTELSMANN 56TH STREET COMMERCIAL LLC · lender BAYERISCHE HYPO-UNDVEREINSBANK AG
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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
257 WEST 55TH STREET ASSOC LLC
Head officer
RICHARD KRAMISEN
Managing agent
EAST WEST REALTY
1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
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.
This building and the landlord's others
This building1 others linked to the same owner
Neighborhood noise
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
1084
Noise reports · last 12 mo
90
≈ per month
17
% from neighbors
Street/Sidewalk289
Vehicle286
Unspecified240
Residential186
Commercial83
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — 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.