# 440 East 56 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1013670031/440-east-56-street-manhattan).
BBL 1013670031 · BIN 1040464 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 21 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 7 active DOB violation(s)

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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1955, 13 floors, 82 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

18 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 7, class A non-hazardous: 7); 22 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

7 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 34 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 13 on record; 0 decided by default; $1,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 12 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (5), UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), DOOR/WINDOW (2).

## Bedbugs

10 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: SUTTON MANOR APTS, INC.
- Agent: AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC.
- HeadOfficer: JAIME COHEN
- Officer: CHRISTOPHER ALKER
- SiteManager: JAIME COHEN

The same owner is linked to 6 other buildings (JAIME COHEN at 99 PARK AVENUE).

## 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/1013670031/440-east-56-street-manhattan