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55 East End Avenue

938Records
17City systems
33Open violations
4.5Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10028 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Yorkville
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938 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 232 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 161 DOB permits, 143 311 service requests.

BoroughManhattan 10028
Built1951
Floors15
Res. units183
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)55 RESIDENTS CORP
BBL1015890041
BIN1051380

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 54% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 4.5. In ZIP 10028, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations33 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 22 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 1980-10-30.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

24 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · Illegal Parking (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · Dirty Condition (2) · Abandoned Vehicle (1) · Damaged Tree (1).

Filed construction activity

$2,919,480 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (52 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1951)
YesSix or more residential units (183)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)55 Residents Corp.
Head officerSTUART WACHTLER
Managing agentAKAM ASSOCIATES, INC.
Last registered2025-08-28

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$48,758,000 $21,941,100
2026$51,837,000 $23,326,650
2027$51,551,000 $23,197,950

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · 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 $8,853,600 a year ($42.16 per sq ft), operating expenses $3,206,700 ($15.27 per sq ft), net operating income $5,646,900. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 73/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Flood exposure

Inside the 2007 FEMA floodplain but outside the 2015 preliminary update — worth checking against current FEMA 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 2014 (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.

Getting around

Subway86 St — Q · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: E 80 St / East End Av — M79-SBS · 500 ft · Select Bus Service
Citi BikeE 82 St & East End Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor
Middle: J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner. 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 End Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

24 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC. — 372 buildings, 55,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A328 · B33 · C5. See the whole portfolio

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340 West 57 Street MN576 A
460 Neptune Avenue BK572 A
440 Neptune Avenue BK572 A
213-06 75 Avenue QN567 B
140 West End Avenue MN561 A
205 West End Avenue MN543 A
2915 West 5 Street BK528 A
530 Grand Street MN525 A
4-74 48 Avenue QN522 A
15 West 72 Street MN493 A
61-25 98 Street QN492 A
6 West 16 Street MN481 A
312 East 42 Street MN459 A
150 West End Avenue MN454 A
180 West End Avenue MN452 A
76179 7 Avenue MN445 A
25 Tudor City Place MN443 A
99 John Street MN438 A
5700 Arlington Avenue BX437 A
5900 Arlington Avenue BX437 A
5800 Arlington Avenue BX435 A
5 East 22 Street MN423 A
61-15 98 Street QN420 B
185 Park Row MN420 A
392 Central Park West MN413 A
400 Central Park West MN413 A
25-40 Shore Boulevard QN409 A
15 Broad Street MN382 A
270 Greenwich Street MN381 A
301 East 40 Street MN359 A
22 North 6 Street BK359 A
2373 Broadway MN354 A
2681 Broadway MN345 B
160 West 66 Street MN343 A
225 Central Park West MN338 A
20 University Place MN323 A
87-10 204 Street QN296 A
301 West 57 Street MN295 A
415 East 52 Street MN287 A
200 East 27 Street MN280 B
120 Riverside Boulevard MN276 A
210-11 75 Avenue QN270 B
75-05 210 Street QN270 B
10 Park Avenue MN268 A
267 3 Avenue MN264 A
560 3 Avenue MN263 A
211 East 46 Street MN261 A
347 West 57 Street MN261 A
500 Grand Street MN258 A
101 Willoughby Street BK250 A
321 5 Avenue MN250 A
130 Lenox Avenue MN240 B

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $350,000 on 2011-01-07 (lender: HSBC Bank USA, National Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-04-02RPTT&RET $665,000 — from BARLOW, SARAH; BARLOW, BRIAN to HOYLE, MARIAN RACHEL; KEENEY, HARMONY $665,000
2026-03-27Sold for $665,000 $665,000 $3,634
2026-03-17RPTT&RET $657,000 — from LEVENTHAL, PHYLLIS ANN to MICHAELS, ROBIN $657,000
2026-03-13Sold for $657,000 $657,000 $3,590
2025-08-29RPTT&RET $1,025,000 — from HELEN LOWE, TRUSTEE; LOUIS AND CATHERINE PIETRONUTO TRUST to TAFURO, ERICA F; TAFURO, PAUL S $1,025,000
2025-08-15RPTT&RET $725,000 — from BOYD BROWNE, MONA to ANTHONY, MATTHEW R $725,000
2025-08-14Sold for $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $5,601
2025-08-07Sold for $725,000 $725,000 $3,962
2025-03-17RPTT&RET $615,000 — from KONOREZOV, ALICE to RYAN, CAROLINE; RYAN, JUSTIN $615,000
2025-03-14RPTT&RET $1,500,000 — from SOKOLOFF, BRITTANY H; SOKOLOFF, WILLIAM to BARLOW, BRIAN; BARLOW, SARAH $1,500,000
2025-03-07Sold for $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $8,197
2025-03-07Sold for $615,000 $615,000 $3,361
2024-09-11RPTT&RET $630,000 — from STEVEN C. MERO, AS AMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF RUTH KLARMAN to DENYSE, ADAM C $630,000
2024-09-03Sold for $630,000 $630,000 $3,443
2024-07-31RPTT&RET $1,070,000 — from ESTATE OF ROBIN GOLDBERG; CURLY, EXECUTOR, JENNIFER to MCKILLOP, SEAMUS; MCKILLOP, NICOLE $1,070,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017010239345
2018914138448
201942816535
20208048222
2021212927261
2022111210327
2023161925253
2024702710246
2025172814344
202640196332
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The full timeline

Construction 259Enforcement 113Housing & tenants 229Ownership & money 299Health & systems 38

Every one of the 938 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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