416 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 192 311 service requests, 34 HPD complaints, 34 rodent inspections.
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 51% 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 16.7. In ZIP 10023, 77% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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 — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2018-12-13. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
68 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (61) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (1) · PLUMBING (1) · WATER LEAK (1) · Indoor Air Quality (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 (1890) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (19) |
| 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) | 55 WEST 74TH STREET LLC |
| Head officer | NICHOLAS BRUSCO |
| Managing agent | R.E.M. RESIDENTIAL |
| Last registered | 2025-09-18 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,874,000 | $1,743,300 |
| 2026 | $4,536,000 | $2,041,200 |
| 2027 | $5,135,000 | $2,310,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 33% 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 | 72 St — B C · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Columbus Av / W 75 St — M7 M11 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | W 74 St & Columbus Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 087 William Sherman. 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.
55 West 74 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 |
68 311 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 R.E.M. RESIDENTIAL — 117 buildings, 3,819 units. Grades across the portfolio: A65 · B30 · C15 · D5 · F1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 117 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $494,694 on 2017-07-14 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-14 | Agreement $1,116,469 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A to 55 WEST 74TH STREET, LLC, | $1,116,469 | |
| 2022-10-13 | RPTT&RET $113,400,000 — from BRUSCO, LUCY A; BRUSCO, NICHOLAS to L & N REALTY CO., A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP | $113,400,000 | |
| 2022-10-06 | RPTT&RET $52,725,000 — from JNPJ REALTY, LLC to BRUSCO, LUCY A; BRUSCO, NICHOLAS | $52,725,000 | |
| 2017-07-14 | Mortgage $494,694 — from 55 WEST 74TH STREET LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | $494,694 | |
| 2017-07-14 | Agreement $1,265,000 — from 55 WEST 74TH STREET LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | $1,265,000 | |
| 2005-08-29 | Agreement $1,110,123 — from 55 WEST 74TH STREET, LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE, INC. | $1,110,123 | |
| 2000-06-05 | Mortgage $1,200,000 — from 55 WEST 74TH STREET,LLC to M&T REAL ESTATE, INC. | $1,200,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 40 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 9 | 78 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 54 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
Every one of the 416 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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