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316 West 56th Street

A 6-story building with 32 apartments, built in 1933, in Manhattan, NY 10019.

Addresses on the lot: 314 to 316 West 56th Street.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

10open HPD violations6 immediately hazardous
1complaint to HPD, past yearnone about heat
1rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
June 2024latest housing court case3 cases on record, all years

316 West 56th Street has 10 open HPD violations, 6 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 314 WEST 56 OWNERS CORP. 1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 316 West 56th Street have open violations?

Yes: 10 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most6
B, hazardous30 days3
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days1

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, none about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 316 West 56th Street?

316 West 56th Street is registered with HPD to 314 WEST 56 OWNERS CORP. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in June 2024. HPD’s record has 3 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 21% of residential buildings in 10019 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 316 West 56th Street rent stabilized?

1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 1 of the building’s 32 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 26, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 1-01046-0042.