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55 East 87th Street

A 14-story building with 120 apartments, built in 1963, in Manhattan, NY 10128.

Addresses on the lot: 51 to 69 East 87th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

1open HPD violation1 hazardous
0complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
7rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 yearson HPD’s record

55 East 87th Street has 1 open HPD violation. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 87TH STREET OWNERS CORP. 7 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 55 East 87th Street have open violations?

Yes: 1 open violation as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most0
B, hazardous30 days1
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days0

No class C violation is open. 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments have one. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026.

Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 55 East 87th Street?

55 East 87th Street is registered with HPD to 87TH STREET 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.

Housing court and evictions

HPD’s record shows no housing court cases over conditions or harassment at this building.

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

For comparison, 6% of residential buildings in 10128 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 55 East 87th Street rent stabilized?

7 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 8 in 2018. That’s 7 of the building’s 120 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 27, 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 1-01499-0025.