455 East 51st Street
Top insights
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1930) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
The building’s floor space is 2.8 times the size of its lot: 47,242 sq ft of building on a 16,677 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 15, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
455 East 51st Street
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- City records show 4 open HPD violations at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2008 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- 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.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Fire egress defective. remove the obstruction in fireproof passageway discarded mattress….
455 East 51 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10022. The closest subway is Lexington Av/51-53 Sts (6,E,F) (8-minute walk), served by the 6, E, and F lines.
Building Condition
Issued July 2008. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 1989-05-22 "D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE THE OBSTRUCTION IN FIREPROOF PASSAGEWAY DISCARDED MATTRESS FILE…"
- 1989-05-22 "D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES N…"
- 1989-05-22 "D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES A…"
- 1989-05-22 "SECTION 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME RE…"
- Class B · 3 open · penalty 15 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- Aug 5, 2021
- Aug 5, 2021
- Oct 17, 2019 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
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 1930. 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
- GRAND LARCENY: 9
- PETIT LARCENY: 5
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 4
- FELONY ASSAULT: 3
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 2
- Noise: 87
- Illegal Parking: 29
- Maintenance or Facility: 26
- Rodent: 12
- Emergency Response Team (ERT): 11
- 420 EAST 51 STREET
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- Art and Design High School
Levels add up to 4 because a school serving K-8 is listed under both Elementary and Middle. 3 distinct schools are within range.
- Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Dicapo Opera Theatre Corp.
- Making Books Sing, Inc.
- Japan Society, Inc.
- Sutton Place Park
- Palissimo, Inc.
- American Turkish Society, Inc.
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Astound Broadband Cable Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 50 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 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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