518 recorded events, 1975–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 108 311 service requests, 101 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 70 DOB permits.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 56% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 32.4. In ZIP 10019, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 47 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 35 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1988-05-03. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
31 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (16) · PAINT/PLASTER (2) · WATER LEAK (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Street Condition (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2).
$2,186,081 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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 (1925) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (56) |
| 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) | 340 OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | ELLEN ZALK |
| Managing agent | MAXWELL-KATES, INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-25 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $14,055,000 | $6,324,750 |
| 2026 | $14,943,000 | $6,724,350 |
| 2027 | $14,471,000 | $6,511,950 |
The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $2,904,835 a year ($44.18 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,087,505 ($16.54 per sq ft), net operating income $1,817,330. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 69/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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 · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 50 St — C E · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 9 Av / W 55 St — M11 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 54 St & 9 Ave · 500 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.
340 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
31 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.
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 MAXWELL-KATES INC. — 196 buildings, 14,349 units. Grades across the portfolio: A182 · B9 · C2 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 196 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,250,000 on 2022-05-13 (lender: Valley National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | RPTT&RET $818,000 — from RICHARDS, ALLISON LEIGH; CIEJKA, MATEUSZ KAMIL to KUCHINSKI, FRANK L JR; LI, JINPU | $818,000 | |
| 2026-06-23 | Sold for $818,000 | $818,000 | $14,607 |
| 2026-02-18 | RPTT&RET $885,000 — from KAREN J. SHAPIRO, AS TRUSTEE; KAREN J. SHAPIRO LIVING TRUST to FARBER, RHON B; FARBER, JEFFREY I | $885,000 | |
| 2026-02-12 | Sold for $885,000 | $885,000 | $15,804 |
| 2025-12-17 | RPTT&RET $580,000 — from FURLANO, LINDA; FURLANO, DENNIS to WOOLLEN, MARCUS; JOHNSON, JESSE | $580,000 | |
| 2025-12-15 | Sold for $580,000 | $580,000 | $10,357 |
| 2024-12-17 | RPTT&RET $580,000 — from ESTATE OF VINCENT MASCOLI; DAHLIA DAMAS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF VINCENT ANTHONY M to MOON, JAMES B | $580,000 | |
| 2024-12-05 | Sold for $580,000 | $580,000 | $10,357 |
| 2023-10-26 | RPTT&RET $629,000 — from THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS SELBY; THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH SELBY; SUSAN KATHERINE SELBY, CO-EXEC to TOMANSELLI, CHRISTOPHER J; CAMPBELL, PATRICK WILLIAM | $629,000 | |
| 2023-10-11 | Sold for $629,000 | $629,000 | $11,232 |
| 2023-02-08 | RPTT&RET $825,000 — from ESTATE OF SANFORD A. SHUKAT; SHUKAT, EVELYN M to KACHKOFF-ENK, REGINA; ENK, NICOLAJ | $825,000 | |
| 2023-02-06 | Sold for $825,000 | $825,000 | $14,732 |
| 2022-06-21 | RPTT&RET $560,000 — from THE TERRY A TUCHIN LIVING TRUST AGREEMEN; TUCHIN, AS TRUSTEE, TERRY A; TUCHIN, AS TRUSTEE, to BLOCH, TATIANA; BLOCH, MARTIN | $560,000 | |
| 2022-06-14 | RPTT&RET $540,000 — from GROSSMAN, SOPHIA to KRELL, RON; BILIA, YRIS H | $540,000 | |
| 2022-06-09 | Sold for $560,000 | $560,000 | $10,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 2019 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 44 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 49 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
Every one of the 518 recorded events, 1975–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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