255 West 51st Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Oct 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 58% of buildings in this ZIP
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (1 vs ~5)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1920) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
255 West 51st Street
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- City records show no open HPD violations under 850 8 Avenue — the address HPD files this building’s records under, not the address on this page — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
- We found no DHCR rent-stabilization unit count for this building. That is not the same as the building being market-rate — a registration can be on file with no unit figure, or not have been filed at all. Ask the landlord directly whether the unit is rent-stabilized, and request your own rent history from DHCR.
255 West 51st Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10019. The closest subway is 50 St (C,E) (1-minute walk), served by the C and E lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-02-09 · Apt 3B · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2024-09-23 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
No HPD lead-paint violations are on record for this building. That means no complaint or inspection was filed — not that the building is lead-free.
Built 1920. Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960. The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 314
- HARRASSMENT 2: 216
- GRAND LARCENY: 210
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 196
- SEX CRIMES: 134
- Homeless Person Assistance: 255
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 226
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 111
- Noise - Residential: 107
- Noise: 82
- 301-309 WEST 51 STREET
- 311 WEST 50 STREET
- 336 WEST 51 STREET
- P.S. 035
- P.S. 212 Midtown West
- Success Academy Hell's Kitchen (Manhattan 2)
- P.S. 035
- Professional Performing Arts High School
- City Knoll Middle School
- P.S. 035
- Professional Performing Arts High School
- Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship Hi
- 50 St
- 50 St
- 7 Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Father Duffy Square
- Stage Directors And Choreographers Workshop Foundation
- Amas Musical Theatre, Inc.
- Mandl School Inc
- Korean Traditional Performing Arts Association, Inc.
- Bread & Roses Cultural Project, Inc.
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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