# 19 West 55 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1012710025/19-west-55-street-manhattan).
BBL 1012710025 · BIN 1034825 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 43 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 28 apartments
- 24 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 26 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 34 active DOB violation(s)
- 19 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 27 stabilized units for 2023, of about 28 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2020: 27, 2021: 27, 2023: 27.
Receives the J-51 tax benefit.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1920, 9 floors, 28 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

135 open (class C immediately hazardous: 43, class B hazardous: 72, class A non-hazardous: 18); 345 on record.
24 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
26 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

34 active (11 issued in the last 3 years); 102 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

33 active of 90 on record; 19 decided by default; $111,375 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

8 in the last 12 months; 110 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (57), UNSANITARY CONDITION (14), GENERAL (13), PLUMBING (12), FLOORING/STAIRS (4).

## Bedbugs

4 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

11 cases on record, 0 open, 8 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (60-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 19 W 55 LLC
- Agent: 19 W 55 LLC
- HeadOfficer: ABRAHAM LEIFER
- SiteManager: MARCOS ORTIZ

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (ABRAHAM LEIFER at 1110 42ND STREET).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1012710025/19-west-55-street-manhattan