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127 East 55 Street

636Records
19City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10022 · Neighborhood: East Midtown-Turtle Bay
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636 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 224 DOB violations, 102 DOB permits, 93 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughManhattan 10022
Built1982
Floors36
Res. units0
ClassH3
Owner (PLUTO)NYC 55 CORP
BBL1013100012
BIN1036510

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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

15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (6) · Noise (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (2) · Residential Disposal Complaint (1) · Street Condition (1) · Consumer Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$7,699,820 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (44 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)NYC 55 CORP
Head officerSTEVEN H GRAPSTEIN
Managing agentNYC 55 CORP
Last registered2025-08-27

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$24,981,000 $11,241,450
2026$28,186,000 $12,683,700
2027$33,847,000 $15,231,150

The city's market estimate has risen 35% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Bonsaii CafeCoffee/TeaA—

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

Subway51 St — 6 E F · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 56 St — M101 M102 M103 · 200 ft
Citi BikeE 53 St & Lexington Ave · 650 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

127 East 55 Street

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

15 311 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: $3,149,168 on 2018-08-16 (lender: Dbs Bank Ltd). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2018-08-16Agreement $32,000,000 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD $32,000,000
2018-08-16AL&R $32,000,000 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD $32,000,000
2018-08-16Mortgage $3,149,168 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD $3,149,168
2016-06-27Agreement $31,396,493 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD $31,396,493
2014-10-18AL&R $33,942,155 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY $33,942,155
2014-10-18Agreement $33,942,155 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY $33,942,155
2014-10-18Mortgage $5,000,000 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY $5,000,000
2013-03-13AL&R $32,072,276 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY $32,072,276
2013-03-13Agreement $32,072,276 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY $32,072,276
2013-03-13Mortgage $11,000,000 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY $11,000,000
2011-11-10Agreement $26,093,738 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY $26,093,738
2009-07-08AL&R $28,000,000 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY $28,000,000
2009-07-08Mortgage $14,300,819 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY $14,300,819
2009-07-08Agreement $28,000,000 — from NYC 55 CORP. to DBS BANK LTD., LOS ANGELES AGENCY $28,000,000
2003-01-10AL&R $18,000,000 — from NYC 55 CORP. to THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD. $18,000,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20176640622
201872231125
201922130430
202022360334
202112480428
202230110519
20231160614
20240070411
20254080315
202613120521
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The full timeline

Construction 168Enforcement 250Housing & tenants 68Ownership & money 93Health & systems 57

Every one of the 636 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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