101 recorded events, 1966–2025, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 44 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 16 311 service requests, 8 DOB complaints.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0. In ZIP 10022, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
No 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1910) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,245,000 | $1,010,250 |
| 2026 | $2,287,000 | $1,029,150 |
| 2027 | $2,095,000 | $942,750 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darbar Grill | Indian | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Subway | 51 St — 6 E F · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 56 St — M101 M102 M103 · 400 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 56 St & 3 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.
157 East 55 Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,775,000 on 2016-02-17 (lender: Signature Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-17 | AL&R $1,775,000 — from 157E55 OWNER LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,775,000 | |
| 2016-02-17 | Mortgage $1,775,000 — from 157E55 OWNER LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $1,775,000 | |
| 2015-12-21 | Mortgage $4,725,000 — from 157E55 OWNER LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,725,000 | |
| 2015-12-21 | AL&R $4,725,000 — from 157E55 OWNER LLC to SIGNATURE BANK | $4,725,000 | |
| 2015-12-15 | RPTT $10,000,000 — from C.T.G. REALTY CORP. to 157E55 OWNER LLC | $10,000,000 | |
| 1987-09-09 | Mortgage $2,000,000 — from DEBERE MONETA CORP to COLONIAL S&L ASSN | $2,000,000 | |
| 1987-02-06 | Mortgage $106,374 — from LENES, ALEXANDER A EST/; LENES, DIANE EXECT to V.R. INDUSTRIES/NY INC | $106,374 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Every one of the 101 recorded events, 1966–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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