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18 West 56th Street

485Records
20City systems
2Open violations
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Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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485 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 106 311 service requests, 90 DOB permits, 59 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built2014
Floors16
Res. units0
ClassH2
Owner (PLUTO)18-22 WEST 56TH STREET LLC
BBL1012710050
BIN1090261

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2025-06-13.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

12 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Lost Property (3) · Noise (2) · Blocked Driveway (1) · Food Establishment (1).

Filed construction activity

$76,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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.

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)56TH STREET HOTEL LLC
Head officerYani Rosario
Managing agentThe Whitby Hotel
Last registered2025-09-09

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$23,306,000 $10,487,700
2026$24,450,000 $11,002,500
2027$75,120,000 $33,804,000

The city's market estimate has risen 222% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
The Whitby HotelAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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

Subway57 St — M · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
5 Av/53 St — E F · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 56 St — M1 M2 M3 · 350 ft
Citi BikeW 54 St & 6 Ave · 500 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

18 West 56th Street

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

12 311 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: $25,000,000 on 2025-09-25 (lender: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), covering 4 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
2025-09-25Mortgage $25,000,000 — from WARREN STREET HOTEL LLC; 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC; CROSBY STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $25,000,000
2025-09-25Agreement $225,000,000 — from 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC; CROSBY STREET HOTEL LLC; WARREN STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $225,000,000
2020-01-28Mortgage $50,000,000 — from 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC; CROSBY STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $50,000,000
2019-12-17Agreement $40,000,000 — from 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $40,000,000
2019-12-17Agreement $42,000,000 — from CROSBY STREET HOTEL LLC; 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $42,000,000
2019-12-17Mortgage $25,000,000 — from CROSBY STREET HOTEL LLC; 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $25,000,000
2019-03-14Deed $12,380,000 — from 18 WEST 56TH STREET LLC to 18-22 WEST 56TH STREET LLC $12,380,000
2019-03-13Sold for $15,534,153 $15,534,153 $15,534,153
2019-03-13Sold for $12,380,000 $12,380,000 $12,380,000
2019-03-13Sold for $13,665,847 $13,665,847 $13,665,847
2017-09-29Mortgage $42,000,000 — from 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC; CROSBY STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $42,000,000
2017-09-29Agreement $40,000,000 — from 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $40,000,000
2014-04-03Mortgage $43,000,000 — from 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $43,000,000
2014-04-03Mortgage $16,600,000 — from 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $16,600,000
2014-04-03Mortgage $23,400,000 — from 56TH STREET HOTEL LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $23,400,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20175723219
20183110510
20193467323
2020201137
202100170219
202205170426
20230290516
2024007029
20256132618
2026104049
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The full timeline

Construction 159Enforcement 117Housing & tenants 134Ownership & money 27Health & systems 48

Every one of the 485 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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