337 West 55 Street

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-01046-0017BIN 1025426

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0117 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 14 apartments
027 open rent-impairing violation(s)
033 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.

Rent regulation

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2015-10-055+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL WALLS THROUGHOUT BUILDING

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2015-10-025+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL CEILING THROUGHOUT

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2015-10-025+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR THROUGHOUT BUILDING

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2015-10-015+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRIAL WIRE AT WATER HEATER AT COMMUNITY BATHROOM, 3rd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition1

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2026-01-19 · closed

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

856

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential291

Unspecified268

Street/Sidewalk138

Commercial92

Vehicle65

House of Worship1

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

872

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony240

Misdemeanor541

Violation91

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 annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2007-10-10

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2007-09-18

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1995-08-29

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2015-09-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2010-04-01

CONH

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

335-337 WEST 55 ST.LLC

Head officer

RICHARD KRAMISEN

Managing agent

EAST WEST REALTY

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

362 WEST 53 STREETMANHATTAN 936 8 AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$1,250

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

UnknownClass 22026-07-30$1,250 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2000-10-12 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2002-07-02 · $100,000

Mortgage2002-07-02$100,000

borrower 335-337 W. 55TH ST.,LLC · lender COMMUNITY CAPITAL BANK

Mortgage2000-11-09$1,000,000

borrower 335-337 W. 55TH ST.,LLC · lender BABY BAJLA CORP.

Sale2000-10-12no recorded price

BABY BAJLA CORP. → 335-337 W. 55TH ST.,LLC

Sale1999-04-29no recorded price

TINCORT, INC. → BABY BAJLA 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