178 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 40 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 31 DOB permits, 20 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 62% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 10. In ZIP 10019, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Poisoning (1).
$635,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1900) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (12) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | East Boy Inc. |
| Head officer | Taiki Wakayama |
| Managing agent | Taiki Wakayama |
| Last registered | 2026-05-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,683,000 | $757,350 |
| 2026 | $1,712,000 | $770,400 |
| 2027 | $1,639,000 | $737,550 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donburiya | Japanese | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | 59 St-Columbus Circle — 1 A B C D · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 57 St-7 Av — N Q R W · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 56 St — M20 M104 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | 8 Ave & W 55 St · 200 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.
253 West 55 Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
1 311 service request 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,000,000 on 2005-10-24 (lender: Asia Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-10-24 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from EAST BOY INC. to ASIA BANK, N.A. | $1,000,000 | |
| 2005-10-24 | AL&R $1,000,000 — from ASIA BANK, N.A. to EAST BOY INC. | $1,000,000 | |
| 2000-09-13 | Mortgage $46,700,000 — from BERTELSMANN 56TH STREET COMMERCIAL LLC; 56TH STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. to BAYERISCHE HYPO-UNDVEREINSBANK AG | $46,700,000 | |
| 1997-11-21 | Mortgage $150,000 — from EAST BOY, INC. to BANK OF FUKUOKA | $150,000 | |
| 1994-04-27 | Mortgage $350,000 — from EAST BOY INC. to BANK OF FUKUOKA LTD | $350,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 25 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Every one of the 178 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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