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55 East 54 Street

140Records
13City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10022 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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140 recorded events, 1980–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 49 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 19 DOB permits, 19 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10022
Built1980
Floors4
Res. units0
ClassK2
Owner (PLUTO)MADISON & 54TH ST ASSOCS
BBL1012900027
BIN1035748

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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

6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Lost Property (2) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Bike Rack (1) · Street Sign (1) · Noise (1).

Filed construction activity

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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,914,000 $1,761,300
2026$4,247,000 $1,911,150
2027$4,363,000 $1,963,350

The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
NeraiHaute CuisineA—

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 · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
51 St — 6 E F · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Madison Av / E 55 St — M3 M4 · 400 ft
Citi BikeE 53 St & Madison Ave · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International
Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. 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 East 54 Street

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

6 311 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: $94,764,601 on 1997-02-07 (lender: Aetna Life Insurancecompany), covering 40 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
1997-02-07Mortgage $94,764,602 — from MADISON TOWER ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNER to AETNA LIFE INSURANCECOMPANY $94,764,602
1992-07-07Mortgage $40,000,000 — from MADISON TOWER ASSOCIATES; 535 MADISON AVE ASSOC to SWISS BANK CORP $40,000,000
1986-02-26Mortgage $25,000 — from MADISON TOWER ASSOC; 535 MADISON AVE ASSOC to AETNA LIFE INSURANCECO $25,000
1982-05-07Mortgage $12,725,000 — from 535 MADISON AV ASSOC.; MADISON TOWER ASSOCIATES to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, NA $12,725,000

Ten-year activity

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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201710023
2018142411
201900011
202000011
202100112
202200134
202301236
202400112
202500314
202600022
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The full timeline

Construction 41Enforcement 11Housing & tenants 17Ownership & money 49Health & systems 22

Every one of the 140 recorded events, 1980–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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