690 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 201 311 service requests, 187 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 52 DOB permits.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 79% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 3.2. In ZIP 10022, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1990-08-20. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
52 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (19) · Illegal Parking (8) · Street Condition (8) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).
$779,220 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (11 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1963) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (99) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 240 EAST 55TH TENANTS CORP. |
| Head officer | DARREN TIPTON |
| Managing agent | ORSID NY |
| Last registered | 2025-09-22 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $16,765,000 | $7,544,250 |
| 2026 | $18,397,000 | $8,278,650 |
| 2027 | $18,502,000 | $8,325,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $3,209,986 a year ($47.05 per sq ft), operating expenses $859,635 ($12.60 per sq ft), net operating income $2,350,351. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 80/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO6FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
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.
1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2022 (0 in the last three years).
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 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 59 St — 4 5 6 N R W · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 2 Av / E 56 St — M15 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 55 St & 2 Ave · 300 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.
238 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
52 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 of them about heat or hot water.
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.
Managed by ORSID NY — 243 buildings, 30,702 units. Grades across the portfolio: A227 · B13 · C2. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 243 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $600,000 on 2022-06-15 (lender: Citizens Bank, N.A. and Investors 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | RPTT&RET $410,000 — from MLXM EAST 55, LLC to HEIMBRUCH, JILLIAN | $410,000 | |
| 2026-09-01 | Sold for $410,000 | $410,000 | $4,141 |
| 2026-08-31 | RPTT&RET $745,000 — from SAMUELSON, DEBRA to IRWIN, BLAKE | $745,000 | |
| 2026-07-07 | RPTT&RET $462,500 — from YANG, JIA to SHIN, GRACE | $462,500 | |
| 2026-07-06 | Sold for $462,500 | $462,500 | $4,672 |
| 2026-04-03 | RPTT&RET $415,000 — from MURRAY, JAMES F to STEIN, MARCY; COHEN, BENJAMIN | $415,000 | |
| 2025-10-28 | Sold for $415,000 | $415,000 | $4,192 |
| 2025-10-27 | Sold for $745,000 | $745,000 | $7,525 |
| 2025-10-14 | RPTT&RET $410,000 — from THOMAS, SUSAN T; THOMAS, WILLIAM J to ZHU, WENHAN | $410,000 | |
| 2025-09-26 | Sold for $410,000 | $410,000 | $4,141 |
| 2025-08-14 | RPTT&RET $410,000 — from HE, YUI SHENG to CHEN, NICOLE; CHEN, YUFENG PAUL; YU, HUI SARAH | $410,000 | |
| 2025-08-05 | Sold for $410,000 | $410,000 | $4,141 |
| 2024-08-21 | RPTT&RET $660,000 — from LI, XIAOYI to MARIE PREVATT, BRYAHNNA | $660,000 | |
| 2024-08-08 | Sold for $660,000 | $660,000 | $6,667 |
| 2024-02-29 | RPTT&RET $360,000 — from ZUKOWSKY, MICHAEL to HINGULA, ROBERT; HINGULA, MELISSA; HINGULA, DARCIE | $360,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 50 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 33 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 32 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 47 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 31 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 50 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
Every one of the 690 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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