250 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 53 311 service requests, 46 HPD complaints, 41 HPD housing violations.
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 65% 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 8.1. 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 | 4 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1989-11-22. |
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.
19 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · FLOORING/STAIRS (2) · Noise (2) · Damaged Tree (2) · GENERAL (1).
$73,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (20) |
| 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) | MANHATTAN 55 GROUP LLC |
| Head officer | ROBERT M GERSHON |
| Managing agent | C. GERSHON CO. |
| Last registered | 2025-07-14 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,623,000 | $730,350 |
| 2026 | $2,191,000 | $985,950 |
| 2027 | $2,105,000 | $947,250 |
The city's market estimate has risen 30% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO4FUEL |
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 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 57 St-7 Av — N Q R W · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-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 · 150 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.
309 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 |
19 311 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 C. GERSHON CO. — 14 buildings, 535 units. Grades across the portfolio: A11 · B2. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120 University Place | MN | 92 | A |
| 454 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 83 | B |
| 110 Bank Street | MN | 61 | A |
| 2476 Broadway | MN | 57 | A |
| 1229 Avenue Y | BK | 55 | A |
| 360 Smith Street | BK | 48 | A |
| 455 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 41 | A |
| 461 Ft Washington Avenue | MN | 34 | A |
| 309 West 55 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 311 West 55 Street | MN | 20 | A |
| 766 9 Avenue | MN | 8 | B |
| 768 9 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 764 9 Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 215 East 23 Street | MN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $428,455 on 2015-09-22 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings), covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | M&CON $2,750,000 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP, LLC to APPLE BANK F/K/A APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $2,750,000 | |
| 2015-09-22 | Mortgage $428,456 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $428,456 | |
| 2015-09-22 | Agreement $2,750,000 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $2,750,000 | |
| 2015-09-22 | AL&R $2,750,000 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP, LLC to APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS | $2,750,000 | |
| 2011-05-04 | Agreement $2,500,000 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP, LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK, | $2,500,000 | |
| 2011-05-04 | Mortgage $319,549 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP, LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK, | $319,549 | |
| 2004-09-17 | AL&R $2,398,463 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP, LLC to M & T REAL ESTATE TRUST | $2,398,463 | |
| 2004-09-17 | Mortgage $934,687 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP, LLC to M & T REAL ESTATE TRUST | $934,687 | |
| 2004-09-17 | Agreement $2,398,463 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP, LLC to M & T REAL ESTATE TRUST | $2,398,463 | |
| 2002-07-01 | Mortgage $631,969 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP,LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE INC. | $631,969 | |
| 1999-01-26 | Mortgage $322,357 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP,LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE, INC. | $322,357 | |
| 1989-10-13 | Mortgage $240,530 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP to EAST NEW YORK SVGS BK | $240,530 | |
| 1983-07-20 | Mortgage $425,000 — from MANHATTAN 55 GROUP to DUPONT ASSOCIATES, INC. | $425,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
Every one of the 250 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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