Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

50 Sutton Pl S

built 1955 · 20 stories · 195 apartments
Also known as 436 E 55 St — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC. · 195 other buildings here list it; 50 Sutton Place South Owners, Inc.; 50 SUTTON PLACE SOUTH INC

Apartments named in these records

Apt 19H 1Apt 20H 1Apt 21F 1Apt 21K 2

4 of this building’s 195 apartments are named in a city record. The rest have no record naming them, which is the usual case.

These are city records about an apartment, not about anyone who lives or lived there. They may not be used to screen a tenant.

Heat and hot water

Issues on record, most recently 2024
What has happened here
2024 Oct
BE-EXT-LP Boiler DOB violation
1998 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 21F class B · never closed · HPD violation
Heat source

Boiler burning no6fuel (Fitzgibbon Dm 425 FITZGIBBON DM 425), registration cancelled since Dec 1987

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-19 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Aug 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-17 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2002 (2 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

DOB boiler permits (BIS and DOB NOW); a permit dates work, not the boiler's age

  • Heat and hot water complaintsfound0 heat or hot water complaints

Water and pipes

Older records on file
What has happened here
2025 Dec
Plumbing permit
2025 Nov
Plumbing permit
2025 May
Plumbing permit
1989 Dec
LeaksApt 21K class B · never closed · HPD violation
1989 Dec
PlumbingApt 21K class B · never closed · HPD violation
Water service line

Non-Lead (field inspection)

Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30

Structure and facade

Older records on file
What has happened here
2026 Jan
General construction permit
2025 Dec
General construction permit
2025 Nov
General construction permit
1993 Apr
Construction never closed · DOB violation
1983 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
1983 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A · never closed · HPD violation
Facade rating

Safe (cycle 10, filed Jan 2026)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-18 · See the facade filings at DOB →
What this counts

Most recent facade (FISP) filing in the latest 5-year cycle

  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Feb 2025, last expired Feb 2026
  • Landmark statusno recordNot in a historic district on record

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Limited storm, today's sea levels: Not loaded (file format unreadable)

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps, as of 2024-07-03
What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

  • BasementfoundNo basement

Elevators

No issues on record
Elevators

5 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jan 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-18 · See this building's elevators on NYC Open Data →
What this counts

Active elevator devices registered to this building ID

Energy

Energy

ENERGY STAR score 76 (2024 report)

Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25
What this counts

Letter grades are issued by the city under Local Law 33 and posted near the building entrance; Blueflo shows the reported score only

General condition and all records

DOB violations

2 open: 1 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years

2024 Oct
BE-EXT-LP Boiler
1993 Apr
Construction never closed
DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-18 · Read these violations in full at DOB →
What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

Permit history

229 permits since 1990

2026 Feb
Mechanical systems permit
2026 Jan
Structural permit, General construction permit
2025 Dec
Plumbing permit
2025 Dec
General construction permit
2025 Nov
Plumbing permit
2025 Nov
General construction permit
2025 May
Plumbing permit
2025 Mar
Suspended scaffold permit
Show 1 more
2025 Mar
Protection and mechanical methods permit
and 220 more at the source
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-17 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

Everything else on record
2026 Feb
Mechanical systems permit
2026 Jan
Structural permit
2025 Mar
Suspended scaffold permit
2025 Mar
Protection and mechanical methods permit
1983 Jun
Other conditionsApt 19H class C · never closed · HPD violation
1983 Jun
Other conditionsApt 20H class C · never closed · HPD violation
  • HPD violationsfound0 open. Also 7 older records from 1983–1998 never closed
  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints

Nothing on record

Rent and tenancyNot on the state list
  • Rent stabilizationno recordNot on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment
Gasno record
  • Gas pipingno recordNo open gas piping filing violations. Inspection results themselves are not published

Sources

23 datasets

FEMA

NYC DCP

NYC DEP

NYC DEP / Mayor's Office

NYC DOB

NYC DOB / Mayor's Office

NYC HPD

NYC OTI

NYC Rent Guidelines Board / NYS HCR

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