525 West 55th Street

525 West 55th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, has 3 open HPD violations, and its rent-stabilization status could not be verified, as of Oct 26, 2026.

Public housing (NYCHA) · Multi-family elevator · 182 units · Built 1976

Owned by the New York City Housing Authority. Rent is set by household income, and HPD does not enforce the housing code here; conditions are handled through NYCHA and its federal monitor.

StreetSpy grade: Not graded (Not graded)

• Public housing (NYCHA): rent is set by household income, and HPD does not inspect these buildings, so there is no violation record to grade.
• Conditions, repairs and transfers go through NYCHA's Customer Contact Center (718-707-7771) and the federal monitor's reports.

• Repairs: 3 open, records as of Oct 26, 2026
• Heat and hot water: No complaints, 12 mo, records as of Oct 25, 2026
• Pests: No bedbug filing, 3 yr, records as of Oct 28, 2026
• Safety: 1 open DOB violation, records as of Oct 26, 2026
• Registration: Not on file, records as of Oct 28, 2026

How the grade works

Housing code violations (HPD)

3 open violations: 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. 0 issued in the last 12 months. 3 on record. Oldest open violation issued 2008-03-06. Newest violation issued 2008-03-06. No new HPD violation has been issued here since 2008. Most of the open count is older violations that were never closed.

HPD recorded no violation closed here in the last 12 months.

• Class B: No heat / heating defect, throughout the apartment, 3rd floor. PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE BASEBOARD RADIATOR COVERS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 3E), issued 2008-03-06. HPD violation 7177636
• Class B: Broken window or sash, bedroom, 3rd floor. PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW BALANCES AT UPPER WINDOW SASH IN THE 1st BEDROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 3E), issued 2008-03-06. HPD violation 7177646
• Class B: Broken window or sash, 1st room from the north, 3rd floor. PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE UPPER WINDOW SASH IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH (apt 3E), issued 2008-03-06. HPD violation 7177658

311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months, 0 in 5 years.

Bedbugs

No bedbug filing on record for the last 3 years. HPD's bedbug filings are self-reported by the owner once a year; HPD does not inspect to confirm them.

• 2026: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2025: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2024: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2023: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2022: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2021: No bedbug filing on record for this year

Buildings department (DOB)

1 open DOB violation, a Local Law violation issued before 2000. 7 DOB violations on record. Check on DOB BIS.

Evictions and housing court

0 executed evictions in the last 3 years (0 on record). 0 open HPD cases; 0 harassment findings.

Rent stabilization

Stabilization status could not be verified.

Owner and management

Owner: NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY. This owner has 82 buildings on record, 3 graded D or F. See the full portfolio.

Tax lot and city IDs

BBL 1010840009, HPD building ID 34190. HPD Online, ACRIS, DOB BIS.

Nearest subway

• 59 St-Columbus Circle (1), 9 min walk
• 59 St-Columbus Circle (A, C, B, D), 9 min walk
• 50 St (C, E), 10 min walk

How the grade is calculated

Sources: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations, NYC 311 Service Requests, NYC HPD Bedbug Reporting, NYC Marshal Evictions (DOI), NYC HPD Housing Litigations, NYC DOB Violations, NYC DOF tax bills (via JustFix Who Owns What portfolio API, v2), NYC Dept. of City Planning PLUTO (tax-roll owner). Methodology. Report generated 2026-10-28.