Is 255 W 55th St rent stabilized?
255 W 55th St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan (10019). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1920.
Also written as 255 West 55th Street — or 255 W 55th St, Manhattan, NY 10019.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it is smaller than 66% of the 127 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Midtown-Times Square. Its 1920 construction date sits close to the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 13 open violations here, about 1.6 per apartment — above the one for every 12 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 27 violations on record at the address, 8 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 21 HPD complaints at the address, 2 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Neighborhood | Midtown-Times Square |
| ZIP | 10019 |
| Year built | 1920 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 1010270102 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 257 WEST 55TH STREET ASSOC LLC 318 WEST 53 ST #203 · New York, NY 10019 |
| Managing agent | EAST WEST REALTY |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 13 open / 27 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 21 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 27, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 255 W 55th St rent stabilized?
255 W 55th St in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. Registration is recorded for the building, not for each apartment in it, so an individual unit here can still have been deregulated — ask the landlord or DHCR for that apartment's rent history before relying on it.
How many apartments are at 255 W 55th St?
255 W 55th St (BBL 1010270102) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1920, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.
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