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55 West 44 Street

397Records
16City systems
11Open violations
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Manhattan · ZIP 10036 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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397 recorded events, 1989–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 89 311 service requests, 54 DOB job filings, 50 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10036
Built1904
Floors9
Res. units0
ClassHB
Owner (PLUTO)CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY, LLC
BBL1012600010
BIN1034219

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations11 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2021-04-01.

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Consumer Complaint (7) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · Illegal Parking (4) · Taxi Complaint (2) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1) · Real Time Enforcement (1).

Filed construction activity

$10,609,997 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$11,291,000 $5,080,950
2026$11,819,000 $5,318,550
2027$14,250,000 $6,412,500

The city's market estimate has risen 26% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 2/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Big Blue Seafood & GrillSeafoodNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

Subway42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: W 44 St / 6 Av — M55 · 200 ft
Citi BikeW 43 St & 6 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 051 Elias Howe
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.

Report a problem to 311

55 West 44 Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

25 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,000,000 on 2015-06-12 (lender: Starwood Property Mortgage Sub-2, L.L.C.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2017-03-02Agreement $22,000,000 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL, LLC; CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY, LLC to PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATO $22,000,000
2017-03-02AL&R $22,000,000 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL, LLC; CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY, LLC to PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATO $22,000,000
2015-06-12Mortgage $2,000,000 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY LLC to STARWOOD PROPERTY MORTGAGE SUB-2, L.L.C. $2,000,000
2015-06-12Agreement $25,000,000 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY LLC to STARWOOD PROPERTY MORTGAGE SUB-2, L.L.C. $25,000,000
2015-06-12AL&R $25,000,000 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY LLC to STARWOOD PROPERTY MORTGAGE SUB-2, L.L.C. $25,000,000
2015-06-12AL&R $23,000,000 — from STARWOOD PROPERTY MORTGAGE SUB-2-A, L.L. to STARWOOD PROPERTY MORTGAGE SUB-2, L..L.C $23,000,000
2011-08-11Agreement $23,000,000 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY, LLC to STARWOOD PROPERTY MORTGAGE, L.L.C. $23,000,000
2011-08-11AL&R $23,000,000 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY, LLC to STARWOOD PROPERTY MORTGAGE, L.L.C. $23,000,000
2011-06-28AL&R $23,000,000 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY, LLC to STARWOOD PROPERTY MORTGAGE, L.L.C. $23,000,000
2011-06-28Agreement $23,000,000 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY, LLC to STARWOOD PROPERTY MORTGAGE, L.L.C. $23,000,000
2011-06-28Mortgage $1,605,241 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY, LLC to STARWOOD PROPERTY MORTGAGE, L.L.C. $1,605,241
2006-07-01AL&R $23,400,000 — from COLUMN FINANCIAL INC. to CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY LLC $23,400,000
2006-07-01Agreement $23,400,000 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY LLC to COLUMN FINANCIAL INC. $23,400,000
2006-07-01Mortgage $13,583,767 — from CITY CLUB HOTEL REALTY LLC to COLUMN FINANCIAL INC. $13,583,767
2006-07-01Deed $9,731,831 — from SHELBY REALTY, LLC to CITY CLUB HOTEL, LLC $9,731,831

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201702541728
20189340723
20197302214
2020013037
20210730818
202205190125
202302150118
202423100116
202500130114
202610130115
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The full timeline

Construction 102Enforcement 90Housing & tenants 108Ownership & money 49Health & systems 48

Every one of the 397 recorded events, 1989–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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