Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

55 Central Park W

built 1930 · 19 stories · 111 apartments

Apartments named in these records

2 of this building’s 111 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.

Flooding

Issues on record
FEMA flood zone

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-17
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); 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

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

Heat and hot water

No issues on record
Heat source

Boiler burning No. 2 oil (Federal FST-125), registration current since Feb 2025

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-16 · See this building's boiler registrations on NYC Open Data →
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection Jun 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-16 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Boiler work permits

Latest boiler work permit 2021 (4 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-16
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
Water service line

Non-Lead (excavation)

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

Structure and facade

Issues on record, most recently 2023
Facade rating

Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Feb 2023)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-17 · See the facade filings at DOB →
What this counts

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

Landmark statusWhole tax lot

In the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24
  • Sidewalk shed and scaffoldingfoundNo active shed permit; permits since Sep 2021, last expired Apr 2024

Elevators

Older records on file
Elevators

4 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Feb 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-16 · 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 46 (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

HPD violations

5 open: 5 about building conditions — doors and windows (4), walls, floors and stairs (1). Also 1 older record from 1993 never closed. 10 violations on record in all, 1993–2023 — the 6 most recent are listed here

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · Read these violations in full at HPD Online →
What this counts

Open HPD violations inspected in the last 10 years; class C = immediately hazardous. Paperwork = failure to file, notify or certify

DOB violations

4 open: 3 about building conditions, 1 older than 10 years

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-17 · 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

211 permits since 1990

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-16 · See every permit at DOB →
What this counts

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

  • Resident complaints to the cityfoundno complaints. None in the last 2 years, but 1 earlier complaint on record from 2024

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

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.

Every row shows the record it came from and the date it was last checked.
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