340 West 55th Street
An 11-story building with 56 apartments, built in 1925, in Manhattan, NY 10019.
Addresses on the lot: 340 to 348 West 55th Street.
HPD records as of October 26, 2026
340 West 55th Street has 47 open HPD violations, 9 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 3 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 340 OWNERS CORP.
Does 340 West 55th Street have open violations?
Yes: 47 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 9 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 35 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 3 |
It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 3 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 2 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.
Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 340 West 55th Street?
340 West 55th Street is registered with HPD to 340 OWNERS CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people 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.
The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building
Housing court and evictions
The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in December 2023. HPD’s record has 2 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 340 West 55th Street rent stabilized?
No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 330 West 55th Street62 apartments, built 1954
- 350 West 55th Street126 apartments, built 1912
- 321 West 54th Street109 apartments, built 2001
- 339 West 55th Street72 apartments, built 1925
- 347 West 55th Street96 apartments, built 1911
- 335 West 55th Street20 apartments, built 1920
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 1-01045-0051.