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131 West 55 Street

682Records
16City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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682 recorded events, 1985–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 171 DOB permits, 155 DOB job filings, 128 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1924
Floors9
Res. units0
ClassJ4
Owner (PLUTO)NYC DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
BBL1010080015
BIN1023391

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

52 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (30) · Illegal Parking (8) · Encampment (2) · Snow or Ice (2) · Taxi Complaint (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$6,392,382 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (28 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$39,101,000 $17,595,450
2026$39,978,000 $17,990,100
2027$40,931,000 $18,418,950

The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: PUBLIC MUSEUM

Building systems

Facade (Local Law 11)UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
New York City CenterAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

Subway57 St-7 Av — N Q R W · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
57 St — M · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 7 Av / W 55 St — M20 · 550 ft
Citi BikeW 55 St & 6 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs
Middle: M.S. 297. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.

Report a problem to 311

131 West 55 Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

52 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $30,000 on 1991-01-25 (lender: Barclays Bk NY NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1991-01-25Mortgage $30,000 — from EVRON, RONI; KAMSKY, ASYA to BARCLAYS BK NY NA $30,000
1990-07-16Mortgage $50,043 — from MARTINS, ROBERT F. to CITIBANK, N.A. $50,043

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
59
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201712871340
20181913121559
201941112330
2020073111
202104228
20220313117
2023366217
20243517227
20254420230
20262011013
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The full timeline

Construction 335Enforcement 153Housing & tenants 129Ownership & money 19Health & systems 46

Every one of the 682 recorded events, 1985–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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