# 55 West 129 Street, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1017270006/55-west-129-street-manhattan).
BBL 1017270006 · BIN 1053718 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 32 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 40 apartments
- 21 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 9 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 40 stabilized units for 2023, of about 40 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 40, 2019: 40, 2020: 40, 2021: 40, 2022: 40, 2023: 40.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 6 floors, 40 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

82 open (class C immediately hazardous: 32, class B hazardous: 25, class A non-hazardous: 25); 489 on record.
21 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
9 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

3 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 21 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 15 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

42 in the last 12 months; 484 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (251), UNSANITARY CONDITION (63), PLUMBING (40), DOOR/WINDOW (37), PAINT/PLASTER (20).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

10 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 (30-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- Agent: Josh Spitzer
- HeadOfficer: Rick Herman
- CorporateOwner: 55 W 129th St NYC LLC
- SiteManager: Josh Spitzer

The same owner is linked to 66 other buildings (Rick Herman at 261 Lenox Road OFFICE).

## 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/1017270006/55-west-129-street-manhattan