The building keeps its internal filings clear, while heavy sidewalk and commercial activity surrounds the block.
This eight-unit Hell's Kitchen rental carries zero open housing-code violations, but block-level commercial and street activity is dense. Three things to know:
Surrounding food establishments generate regular air and venting calls. Within three blocks of the building, city agencies logged 36 food establishment complaints over the past 12 months. Kitchen venting, grease traps, and commercial exhaust can bleed through open shafts or air intakes depending on floor height and proximity to ground-floor retail.
Heat calls surfaced briefly in late 2025. Two heat complaints landed in late 2025 (October 23 and November 18), both logged as individual apartment issues rather than building-wide boiler failures. Both calls were marked closed.
Homelessness and encampment reports concentrate on surrounding blocks. Within three blocks of the building, 280 homeless-assistance calls and 194 encampment reports were logged in the last 12 months. Foot traffic and sidewalk presence are heavy around this stretch of Midtown.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
255 West 55th Street is a 8-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1010270102). This building is associated with 257 West 55th Street Assoc LLC. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1920, this walk-up apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 7 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed November 18, 2025.
The building last changed hands on September 28, 2016 for $1,514,578.99, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 83/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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