The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 81% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 3. In ZIP 10019, 65% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
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.
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
6 service requests in the last three years. Most common: New Tree Request (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · Dirty Condition (1) · Abandoned Vehicle (1).
Filed construction activity
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.
Rent-stabilization signals
Yes
Built before 1974 (1901)
Yes
Six or more residential units (10)
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 with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
WEST 50TH STREET, HDFC
Head officer
CHRISTOPHER HANKE
Managing agent
HSC MANAGEMENT CORP.
Last registered
2025-08-05
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$3,469,000
$1,561,050
2026
$4,163,000
$1,873,350
2027
$4,996,000
$2,248,200
The city's market estimate has risen
44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NATURALGAS
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
Subway
50 St — C E · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) Times Sq-42 St — 1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R S W · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: W 50 St / 10 Av — M50 · 200 ft
Citi Bike
W 50 St & 10 Ave · 300 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
6 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $180,900 on
1986-09-16 (lender: City Of New York), covering 6 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.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
1986-09-16
Mortgage $180,900 — from WEST 50TH HSNG DVLPETC to CITY OF NEW YORK
$180,900
1984-05-22
Mortgage $843,916 — from WEST 50TH ST HOUSG ETC to CITY OF NEW YORK
$843,916
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
2019
2020
10
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
4
3
7
2018
0
3
3
2019
1
4
5
2020
5
1
6
2021
5
5
10
2022
4
3
7
2023
2
2
4
2024
3
5
8
2025
2
2
4
2026
3
3
6
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2024-08-28Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2024-07-24Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2024-05-15311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2024-02-15Boiler inspection
2023
2023-12-19Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-07-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-07-02311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2023-01-27Boiler inspection
2022
2022-12-09Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-11-06311: Missed Collection — Trash
2022-07-20Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-05-24311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2022-05-23311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2022-02-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-01-11Boiler inspection
2021
2021-12-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-09-03Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2021-07-20311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2021-07-01Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2021-05-28Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-04-16Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2021-04-01Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-04-01HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021-03-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2011-10-07Job filed: INSTALLATION OF HEAVYDUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH C
2011-09-28Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2011-09-12HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING BLDG ENTRANCE DOOR FROM STREET TO VESTIBULE
2011-09-12HPD class A: SECTION 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES,
2011-09-12HPD class A: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING VESTIBULE DOOR TO 1ST STY PUBLIC HALL
2011-08-24Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2011-08-24Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2011-06-28Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2011-05-11Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2011-04-06Mortgage satisfied — from WEST 50TH STREET HDFC to THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2010
2010-10-19Rodent inspection: Passed
2010-09-19311: Dead Tree — Dead/Dying Tree
2010-05-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2009
2009-09-09DOB violation C:
2009-09-08DOB complaint, category ?
2009-08-28Mortgage satisfied — from WEST 50TH STREET TENANTS CORPORATION to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK
2008
2008-09-08ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE SIDEWALK SHED WHERE REQ'D NOTED RESTORATION WORK INVOLVING CHIPPING & REPLACING DEFECTIVE SECTIONS OF FRONT FAC$1,000
2008-09-08DOB complaint, category ?
2002
2002-05-28Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-05-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-05-16Job filed: REPLACE GAS BOILER. (NYC BOILER #819725- 01). NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, USE O OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$19,000
2002-05-16Job filed: REPLACE GAS BOILER. (NYC BOILER #819725- 01). NO CHANGE IN EGRESS, USE O OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$19,000
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-08-20Permit EW — ISSUED
1992-08-10Agreement — from STATE/NEW YORK DIVIETC; CITY/NEW YORK DEPT HPD to WEST 50TH STREET HDFC
1992-08-07Agreement — from WEST 50TH STREET HSGETC to CITY OF NEW YORK HPD
1992-04-17Mortgage assigned — from NATIONAL CNSMR COOPBANK to STATE OF NEW YORK ETC
1992-04-17Agreement — from WEST 50TH HSG DEVELETC to STATE/NEW YORK DIVISETC
1991
1991-07-25HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE 5 WOOD TREAD DOWN FROM TOP 3 TO 4 STY PUBLIC HALL.
1991-07-25HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS BULKHEAD TO ROOF.
1991-07-25HPD class B: D26-10.01 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF LOOSE TV WIRE RUNNING EAST TO WEST SOUTH ROOF LESS THAN 1 FOOT THAT MIGHT
1986
1986-09-16Mortgage $180,900 — from WEST 50TH HSNG DVLPETC to CITY OF NEW YORK$180,900
1986-09-16Agreement — from WEST 50TH ST.HOUSINGETC to CITY OF NEW YORK
1984
1984-05-22Agreement — from WEST 50 ST HOUSING ETC. to NATIONAL CNSMR CPTVBK
1984-05-22Mortgage $843,916 — from WEST 50TH ST HOUSG ETC to CITY OF NEW YORK$843,916
1984-05-21Deed — from WEST 50 ST TENANTS CORP. to WEST 50 ST HOUSING ETC.
1981
1981-05-07Deed — from RAPPAPORT, IRVING to WEST 50TH ST TENANTS
1981-05-07Deed — from BECK, WALTER S DECD; SALMAN, ROBERT R EX to WEST 50TH ST TENANTS
1981-05-07Mortgage — from WEST 50TH ST TENANTS to NATIONAL CNSMR CPRTVBK
1967
1967-10-03Deed — from RABECK CORPORATION to RABECK REALTY CO DBA; BECK, WALTER S; RAPPAPORT, IRVING
1967-10-03Mortgage — from RABECK CORPORATION to DRYDOCK SAVINGS BANK
1967-10-03Mortgage assigned — from BOWERY SAVINGS BANK to DRY DOCK SAVINGS BANK
1967-10-03Deed — from BECK, WALTER S; RAPPAPORT, IRVING; RABECK REALTY CO DBA to RABECK CORPORATION
1967-10-03Mortgage assigned — from MANHATTAN AFFILIATESINC to DRYDOCK SAVINGS BANK