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55 PARK AVENUE

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55 PARK AVENUE

55 PARK AVENUE · Murray Hill

Year builtBuilt 1923
Residences≈ 32
Floors16
Building typeCooperative

A 16-story cooperative built in 1923, with approximately 32 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations8
Record areas covered20

Coverage of the public record — no scores, just sourced facts.

The vitals

What should I know?

Factual observations from the public record. No scores, no verdicts — each one shows its source.

FEMA flood zone X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

FEMA maps this building's location in flood zone X.

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970201F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 44,363 sq ft is above the Local Law 97 size threshold. This is a size signal from filed floor area, not membership in the DOB Covered Buildings List, and Brickwise does not estimate penalties.

2024 · Reported gross floor area 44363 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade D

NYC DOB

DOB published energy efficiency grade D for this tax lot under Local Law 33.

Latest published grade · DOB Sustainability Compliance Map published LL33 letter grade

No DOB violation source records

NYC DOB

Brickwise found no DOB violation source records for this building in synced datasets.

Brickwise DOB sync · DOB violation datasets

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

6 major DOB filings (nearest: excavation or foundation about 292 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Wed Dec 13 · M00975030

Subway about 5 minutes away

MTA

Grand Central-42 St (4 5 6 7 S) is about 1238 ft from this building in a straight line (~5 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 402

No offering plan match

NY Attorney General

No NY Attorney General offering plan match is currently linked to this building in Brickwise.

NY AG sync · AG offering plan database

Fiber reported available

FCC Broadband Data

At least one provider reports to the FCC that it offers fiber residential service covering this location. A filing is not confirmation that fiber is installed or obtainable in an individual unit.

Wed Jun 30 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · FCC Form 477 — Fixed Broadband Deployment, June 2021 (final release)

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The complete record

Overview

Everything below comes from official records. Each fact carries its source.

At a glance

Building typeCooperative
Built1923
Floors16
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 32
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1008930002
BIN1019077
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodMurray Hill
Financials

No records found

Reviewed financial facts from offering-plan documents are not yet available for this building.

Financing & Lenders

Prior lender activity does not guarantee future loan approval. Building and borrower eligibility requirements may change.

Observed secured parties / lenders (last 36 months)

Citibank, N.A.Observed historical activity — not an approved-lender list.2 recorded filings · Most recent: Aug 2025
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Observed historical activity — not an approved-lender list.2 recorded filings · Most recent: Jun 2024
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Observed historical activity — not an approved-lender list.1 recorded filing · Most recent: Jun 2026
Norwest MortgageObserved historical activity — not an approved-lender list.1 recorded filing · Most recent: Nov 2023

Lender diversity

Distinct lenders observed (36 months)Factual count only — not a score.4

Agency / project status

Fannie MaeFannie Mae Condo Status Finder is not automated here. “No findings” does not mean approved. Enter authorized evidence when available.Not verified in Brickwise
Freddie MacFreddie Mac Condo Project Advisor requires authorized access. Brickwise does not scrape lender-only tools. Status appears only from authorized evidence.Not verified in Brickwise
FHA / HUDHUD publishes FHA condominium project status via a public search form. Brickwise stores verified evidence here when available; project not approved ≠ FHA financing impossible.Not verified in Brickwise

Co-op share financing appears as UCC / personal-property security filings, not real-property mortgages. Filings may be incomplete, assigned, or terminated; Brickwise does not infer outstanding loan balance.

Ownership & Sales

Recorded filings against the property. Counts describe filing activity — not debt, title quality, or distress.

Recorded instruments (by Brickwise category)

Deeds / transfers7
Mortgage records3
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building314
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationNo records found
Managing agentNot listed

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents0
Complaint source records0
Bedbug filings0
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

No records found

No DOB violation or complaint source records found in synced datasets.

Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits0
Jobs0
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators0
Latest FISP conditionNot available
Assessments & Tax

DOF coverage

Assessment rows10
Public sale recordsPublic-record sales — not classified as comparable sales22
Exemptions0
Abatements11
Condo tax unitsTax-lot units, not apartment listings0
Offering Plan & Documents

No records found

No offering plan match found in NY Attorney General records for this building.

Energy & Emissions

Owners file these figures with the City under Local Law 84. Brickwise reports the filed numbers and the published letter grade — we don't rate a building's energy performance.

Published grade & score

Energy letter gradeGrade published by DOB for this tax lot.D
ENERGY STAR score100

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.13.8
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.45.9
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.64.4
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.44,363
Property type (as filed)Multifamily Housing

Local Law 97 signals

Size threshold signalSize signal only. This is not membership in the DOB Local Law 97 Covered Buildings List, and Brickwise does not estimate penalties.Above the Local Law 97 size threshold in reported floor area
Reported emissions used for the signal64.4
Landmark & Historic

No records found

No records found

No Landmarks Preservation Commission designation record was found for this building or its tax lot.

Zoning & Land Use

Zoning describes what the City permits on this tax lot. It is not a prediction about future development, and floor-area ratios below are the values PLUTO publishes.

Zoning

Zoning districtR10
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtNot available
Zoning map8d
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area3,866 sq ft
Built floor area ratio9.64
Maximum residential FAR10
Land use category3
Building classD4
Flood & Resilience

Flood zones are read from the effective FEMA map at this building's mapped point, and evacuation zones from NYC Emergency Management. Flood insurance requirements are set by lenders and FEMA, not by Brickwise.

FEMA flood map

Flood zoneX
Special Flood Hazard AreaFEMA's regulatory designation for the 1%-annual-chance floodplain.No
Base flood elevationNot available
FIRM panel3604970201F

Hurricane evacuation

Evacuation zoneThe City orders evacuations by zone when a storm requires it.X
Internet & Connectivity

Provider-reported to the FCC and not verified by Brickwise. Reported availability is not a statement that service is installed or obtainable in any individual unit.

Reported availability

Residential providers reported— Reported available in this location's census block10
Fiber reported availableA provider filed that it reports fiber service here. It is not confirmation that fiber is wired to any unit.Yes — reported by a provider
Cable reported availableYes — reported by a provider
Highest advertised download speedMaximum advertised speeds are the provider's own filed marketing maximums, not measured performance.1,000 Mbps

Matched on the census block containing this building, not on an individual serviceable location. A provider that reports service anywhere in the block appears here.

Nearby Development

These are construction filings on neighbouring properties. A filing is not a schedule: DOB does not publish how long work will run, and Brickwise makes no claim about views, light, or noise.

Filings near this building

Within 100 ft0
Within 250 ft3
Within 500 ft14
New building filings0
Demolition filings0
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.132 ft · Major alteration
Getting Around

Distances are straight-line from this building's mapped point. Walk times are an approximation (~3 mph), not routed directions.

Subway

Grand Central-42 St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines 4 5 6 7 S · 1,238 ft
33 St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines 6 · 1,293 ft
5 Av~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines 7 B D F M · 1,878 ft
34 St-Herald Sq~9 min walk (approx.) · Lines B D F M N Q R W · 2,320 ft
28 St~10 min walk (approx.) · Lines 6 · 2,545 ft

Bus

LEXINGTON AV/E 37 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M101 M102 M103
MADISON AV/E 37 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes M1 M2 X27 X28 X38
MADISON AV/E 37 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes SIM23 SIM24 X37
MADISON AV/E 37 ST~2 min walk (approx.) · Routes BxM10

Citi Bike

Lexington Ave & E 36 StDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 23 docks (published)
E 39 St & Lexington AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 63 docks (published)
E 40 St & Park AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 123 docks (published)
Daily Essentials

Nearest useful places by straight-line distance. Walk times are approximate (not routed). OpenStreetMap places are community-mapped; agency sources are marked where applicable.

Grocery

D'Agostino~3 min walk (approx.) · 877 ft
D'Agostino~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,007 ft
Sunrise Mart~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,284 ft

Pharmacy

Pasteur Pharmacy~3 min walk (approx.) · 886 ft
Willner Chemists~4 min walk (approx.) · 929 ft
Duane Reade~4 min walk (approx.) · 960 ft

Park

Park Avenue Malls~1 min walk (approx.) · 209 ft

Parking

Centerpark East 38th Street Parking Garage~1 min walk (approx.) · 373 ft
Centerpark East 39th Street Parking Garage~2 min walk (approx.) · 471 ft
Unnamed place~2 min walk (approx.) · 596 ft

Ev Charging

Rapidpark 99 Park Ave - Tesla Destination~2 min walk (approx.) · 445 ft
Icon 9-11 Park Ave - Tesla Destination~3 min walk (approx.) · 765 ft

Veterinarian

Kalvig & Shorter Veterinary~3 min walk (approx.) · 715 ft
Midtown Animal Hospital~7 min walk (approx.) · 1,954 ft

Shipping

The UPS Store~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,042 ft

Clinic

NYU Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center-34th Street~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,147 ft
NYU Langone Center for Women's Imaging~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,151 ft
Schools & Childcare

Zoned school is the DOE attendance-zone match for this building's coordinates. Nearby schools are closest published locations — not the same as zoning. No ratings.

Nearby schools

Manhattan Academy For Arts & Language~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,019 ft
Murray Hill Academy~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,019 ft
Unity Center for Urban Technologies~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,019 ft
P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,705 ft

Daycare

WEE ONES CLUB, LLC~2 min walk (approx.) · 439 ft
KINDERCARE EDUCATION , LLC.~2 min walk (approx.) · 561 ft
KINDERCARE EDUCATION, LLC.~2 min walk (approx.) · 561 ft
Quality of Life

311 counts are what people reported to the City — reports, not confirmed conditions. Building-scoped rows match this building's address; nearby rows are within a short radius and are not attributed to this building.

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.3165
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL655
STREET CONDITION542
SANITATION AREA342
NOISE RESIDENTIAL314
NOISE CONSTRUCTION307