220 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 66 311 service requests, 50 HPD housing violations, 44 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 77% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 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 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 36 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 26 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2022-06-26. |
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.
No 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 (1910) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | YUPPY PUPPY REALTY INC |
| Head officer | JOSEPH SPORN |
| Managing agent | MIDAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-10-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,336,000 | $1,051,200 |
| 2026 | $2,803,000 | $1,261,350 |
| 2027 | $3,364,000 | $1,513,800 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 50 St — C E · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 10 Av / W 57 St — M11 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 56 St & 10 Ave · 50 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.
455 West 56 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 |
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 MIDAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 76 buildings, 1,605 units. Grades across the portfolio: A37 · B19 · C13 · D5 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 76 buildings
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-12-28 | Deed $2,413,000 — from ANTON SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE; CREDIT SHELTER TRUST F/B/O REENAH SCHWAR to YUPPIE PUPPY REALTY, LLC | $2,413,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 79 |
| 2023 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 48 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Every one of the 220 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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