# 55 Vera Street, Staten Island, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/5035460001/55-vera-street-staten-island).
BBL 5035460001 · BIN 5109575 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 59 apartments
- 5 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 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 1 stabilized unit for 2020, of about 118 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1969, 2 floors, 118 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

31 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 18, class A non-hazardous: 12); 36 on record.
This tax lot has 3 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

4 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 26 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 10 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), SAFETY (2), ELECTRIC (1), PLUMBING (1), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: COLONIAL GARDENS OWNERS CORP
- Agent: COLONIAL GARDENS OWNERS CORP
- HeadOfficer: MATTHEW LAMONICA
- Officer: JIMMY BUJUPI
- SiteManager: MATTHEW LAMONICA

## 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/5035460001/55-vera-street-staten-island