136 East 56th Street, Manhattan

    Tenants here have called the city about heat/hot water 24 times over the last five years — the dominant complaint on this building's record.

    136 East 56th Street is a 147-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1013100059). This building is associated with 136 East 56th Street Owners, Inc.. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

    Built in 1962, this elevator apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

    Tenants have filed 24 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 10, 2025.

    The building last changed hands on July 28, 2026 for $1,500,000, according to recorded deeds.

    Brix score: 85/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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    Apartments at 136 East 56th Street

    • Unit 10JK

      Unit 10JK at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2026 for $1.5M. Owner on the latest deed: Leah Icikson Trosch Trust Dated November 29, 2000 & Trosch, As Trustee, Leah.

    • Unit 3G

      Unit 3G at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($7K, latest 2019), last sold in 2026 for $499K. Owner on the latest deed: Lahens, Elizabeth.

    • Unit 4J

      Unit 4J at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2026 for $910K. Owner on the latest deed: Manohar, Priti.

    • Unit 8H

      Unit 8H at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2026 for $790K. Owner on the latest deed: Chamberlin, Claire.

    • Unit 16B

      Unit 16B at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2026 for $1.4M. Owner on the latest deed: Greenwald, Melanie & Greenwald, Eric.

    • Unit PHB

      Unit PHB at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2026 for $1.3M. Owner on the latest deed: Yoshihara, Hiroyuki.

    • Unit 14C

      Unit 14C at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($148K, latest 2013), last sold in 2025 for $1.6M. Owner on the latest deed: Pawson, Caitlin & May, Eugene.

    • Unit 9D

      Unit 9D at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2025 for $1.1M. Owner on the latest deed: Chang, Kwei.

    • Unit 4EF

      Unit 4EF at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2025 for $1.6M. Owner on the latest deed: Park, Soo.

    • Unit 10L

      Unit 10L at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2025 for $400K. Owner on the latest deed: Friedman, Saul.

    • Unit 7E

      Unit 7E at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2025 for $485K. Owner on the latest deed: Yumiko Schonfeld As Trustee & Schonfeld Family Trust.

    • Unit 11F

      Unit 11F at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2015 for $1.4M. Owner on the latest deed: Reznick, Svetlana.

    • Unit 4A

      Unit 4A at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2024 for $355K. Owner on the latest deed: Rodriguez, Diana.

    • Unit PHD

      Unit PHD at 136 East 56th Street has no open violations (15 past violations), last sold in 2024 for $900K. Owner on the latest deed: Apgar, Elizabeth & Apgar, Christopher.

    • Unit 2G

      Unit 2G at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2024 for $435K. Owner on the latest deed: Tsukamoto, Satoko.

    • Unit 7J

      Unit 7J at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2024 for $585K. Owner on the latest deed: Lin, Judy & Kostynyuk, Dmytro.

    • Unit 4MN

      Unit 4MN at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2024 for $1.2M. Owner on the latest deed: Cheng, Haoshi & Xie, Han.

    • Unit 7C

      Unit 7C at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2023 for $730K. Owner on the latest deed: Schmucker, Whitney.

    • Unit 7K

      Unit 7K at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2023 for $375K. Owner on the latest deed: Reid, Jan.

    • Unit 11B

      Unit 11B at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2023 for $1.1M. Owner on the latest deed: Held, Karen & Held, Kevin.

    • Unit 7F

      Unit 7F at 136 East 56th Street has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Schachnovsky, Richard.

    • Unit 6A

      Unit 6A at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2022 for $395K. Owner on the latest deed: Kessler, Marla.

    • Unit 6B

      Unit 6B at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2022 for $1.2M. Owner on the latest deed: Kessler, Marla.

    • Unit 4G

      Unit 4G at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2022 for $478K. Owner on the latest deed: Lee, Monica & Lee, Choon +1 more.

    • Unit 10H

      Unit 10H at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2022 for $800K. Owner on the latest deed: Lu, Chuyuan.

    • Unit 14F

      Unit 14F at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2022 for $1.2M. Owner on the latest deed: Granat, Michael & Granat, Vanessa.

    • Unit 15D

      Unit 15D at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2022 for $1.1M. Owner on the latest deed: Neuwirth, Karen & Crepeau, Ronald.

    • Unit 8L

      Unit 8L at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, last sold in 2022 for $616K. Owner on the latest deed: Filzen, Jayme.

    • Unit 16C

      Unit 16C at 136 East 56th Street has no violations. Owner on the latest deed: Schapiro, Marielle.

    • Unit 3J

      Unit 3J at 136 East 56th Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($33K, latest 2019), last sold in 2021 for $860K. Owner on the latest deed: Feng, Lang & Tong, Xuefei.

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