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20 West 55 Street

605Records
14City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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605 recorded events, 1979–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 209 DOB permits, 186 DOB job filings, 65 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1987
Floors13
Res. units0
ClassO6
Owner (PLUTO)PASSAIC INVESTORS, L
BBL1012700049
BIN1034807

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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

13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (9) · Illegal Parking (3) · Dirty Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$3,144,494 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (65 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$25,114,000 $11,301,300
2026$26,597,000 $11,968,650
2027$23,636,000 $10,636,200

The city's market estimate has fallen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Certe CateringAmericanB—

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.

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.

Getting around

Subway5 Av/53 St — E F · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
57 St — M · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 55 St — M4 M5 · 350 ft
Citi BikeW 54 St & 6 Ave · 300 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.

Report a problem to 311

20 West 55 Street

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

13 311 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: $19,043,153 on 2023-04-03 (lender: Goldman Sachs Bank USA), covering 12 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2023-04-03Mortgage $19,043,153 — from 18 WEST 55TH STREET LLC; 10 W 55 LLC to GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA $19,043,153
2023-04-03Mortgage $51,871,847 — from 10 W 55 LLC; 18 WEST 55TH STREET LLC to GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA $51,871,847
2023-04-03Agreement $64,285,000 — from 10 W 55 LLC; 18 WEST 55TH STREET LLC to GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA $64,285,000
2016-08-17Mortgage $12,371,616 — from ROCK 54, LLC; 20 WEST 55TH STREET LLC; PASSAIC INVESTORS, L.L.C. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $12,371,616
2016-08-17Agreement $38,000,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to PASSAIC INVESTORS, L.L.C.; ROCK 54, LLC; 20 WEST 55TH STREET LLC $38,000,000
2015-11-19Agreement $6,625,500 — from 17 AND 24 CORPORATION to 20 WEST 55TH STREET, LLC; ROCK 54, LLC; PASSAIC INVESTORS, LLC $6,625,500
2007-02-27Agreement $30,000,000 — from ROCK 54, LLC; PASSAIC INVESTORS, LLC; 20 WEST 55TH STREET, LLC to CITIBANK, N.A. $30,000,000
2004-12-27Deed $18,000,000 — from HAUT BRION PARTNERS, LLC to 20 WEST 55TH STREET, LLC; PASSAIC INVESTORS, LLC $18,000,000
2004-12-27Agreement $30,000,000 — from 20 WEST 55TH STREET, LLC; ROCK 54, LLC; PASSAIC INVESTORS, LLC to CITIBANK, N.A. $30,000,000
2004-12-27Mortgage $6,859,630 — from PASSAIC INVESTORS, LLC; ROCK 54, LLC; 20 WEST 55TH STREET, LLC to CITIBANK, N.A. $6,859,630
2001-05-08Mortgage $22,150,000 — from HAUT BRION PARTNERSLLC to BHF (USA) CAPITAL CORPORATION $22,150,000
2001-05-08Mortgage $2,850,000 — from HAUT BRION PARTNERSLLC to BHF (USA) CAPITAL CORPORATION $2,850,000
1986-12-05Mortgage $750,000 — from AQUAVIT INC to MANUFACTURERS &TDR TR CO $750,000
1984-07-05Mortgage $2,200,000 — from LEWFELD ASSOCIATES to CONTINENTAL ILLINOISETC $2,200,000
1983-08-25Agreement $900,000 — from LEWFELD ASSOCIATES to CONTINENTAL ILLINOISETC $900,000

Ten-year activity

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2021
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017183431240
201811020518
2019205100237
20208230114
2021104229
202241330148
202310113318
202413040320
20257040011
2026005027
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The full timeline

Construction 395Enforcement 52Housing & tenants 65Ownership & money 56Health & systems 37

Every one of the 605 recorded events, 1979–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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