Building report

55 Church Street · Manhattan · BBL 1000800004 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE Print / save PDF

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This building is not graded (non-residential or no residential units on record) — the report below covers its full public record.

Patterns

1 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 1).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

1,806 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Vendor Enforcement (1631) · Illegal Parking (77) · Taxi Complaint (17) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (10) · Lost Property (9) · Encampment (9).

Filed construction activity

$17,874,315 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (27 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

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

What the city thinks it's worth

The city's market estimate has risen 18% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Restaurants in this building

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Kitchen/Food Prep Area, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (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

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 Church Street Copy address

1,806 311 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 HIGHGATE HOTELS — 6 buildings, 0 units. Grades across the portfolio: n/a. See the whole portfolio

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $81,900,000 on 1998-03-26 (lender: Hongkong And Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.), covering 2 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.

Ten-year activity

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Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Health & systems	Total
2017	3	29	37	20	89
2018	0	22	26	23	71
2019	7	7	122	6	142
2020	5	5	41	2	53
2021	7	4	150	1	162
2022	6	2	117	6	131
2023	6	3	365	6	380
2024	22	7	834	9	872
2025	28	41	553	2	624
2026	8	1	349	1	359

The last 12 months — 462 records

showing the 80 most recent

The full timeline

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