154 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 51 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 33 HPD housing violations, 20 311 service requests.
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 87% 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 1.3. 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
| Open HPD violations | 29 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 20 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1984-05-02. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Obstruction (3) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · Noise (1) · Missed Collection (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1926) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| 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) | 257 WEST 55 STREET ASSOCIATION LLC |
| Head officer | RICHARD KRAMISEN |
| Managing agent | EAST WEST REALTY |
| Last registered | 2025-08-28 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,863,200 | $2,188,440 |
| 2026 | $3,891,000 | $1,750,950 |
| 2027 | $3,181,000 | $1,431,450 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 35% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nocello | Italian | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| 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 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 56 St — M20 M104 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | 8 Ave & W 55 St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Protected bike path mapped within 75 ft |
| 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.
257 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 |
6 311 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.
Managed by EAST WEST REALTY — 10 buildings, 108 units. Grades across the portfolio: A8 · B2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 335 West 55 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 5 Rivington Street | MN | 16 | A |
| 312 West 53 Street | MN | 16 | A |
| 337 West 55 Street | MN | 14 | A |
| 362 West 53 Street | MN | 9 | A |
| 257 West 55 Street | MN | 8 | A |
| 255 West 55 Street | MN | 8 | B |
| 936 8 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 147 Franklin Street | BK | 6 | B |
| 853 Manhattan Avenue | BK | 3 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $17,000,000 on 2003-12-30 (lender: Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank Ag), covering 49 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-05 | AL&R $1,514,579 — from 257 W. 55 STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $1,514,579 | |
| 2016-10-05 | Agreement $1,514,579 — from 257 W. 55 STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $1,514,579 | |
| 2011-06-28 | Agreement $1,678,828 — from 257 W. 55 STREET ASSOCIATES LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS, A NY STOCK-FORM | $1,678,828 | |
| 2004-07-29 | Agreement $2,151,093 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to 257 W. 55 STREET ASSOCIATES LLC | $2,151,093 | |
| 2003-12-30 | Mortgage $17,000,000 — from 56TH STREET RETAIL, L.L.C.; 56TH STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. to BAYERISCHE HYPO-UND VEREINSBANK AG | $17,000,000 | |
| 2001-04-20 | Mortgage $196,151,054 — from 257 W. 55 STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $196,151,054 | |
| 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 | |
| 1999-08-30 | Mortgage $40,500 — from RELATED/AMSI, L.P.; 56TH STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. to BAYERISCHE HYPO-UNDVEREINSBANK AG | $40,500 | |
| 1999-08-30 | Mortgage $10,800,000 — from RELATED/AMSI, L.P.; 56TH STREET ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. to BAYERISCHE HYPO-UNDVEREINSBANK AG | $10,800,000 | |
| 1986-12-17 | Mortgage $127,214 — from 257 WEST 55 ST ASSOCS to COHOES SAVINGS BANK | $127,214 | |
| 1982-01-26 | Mortgage $141,655 — from 257 W 55TH ST ASSOC.; 936 EIGHTH AVE CO. AKA; 936 EIGHTH AV ASSOCIATES to CAZGR REALTY, INC. | $141,655 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Every one of the 154 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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