500 West 56th Street
Top insights
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (2 vs ~5)
- Built in 2002 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 371 of 371 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 9.7 times the size of its lot: 390,953 sq ft of building on a 40,166 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 14, 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
500 West 56th Street
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- City records show 2 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 2024 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 371 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx. 2 sq ft….
500 West 56 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10019. The closest subway is 59 St-Columbus Circle (1,A,C,B,D) (8-minute walk), served by the 1, A, B, C, D, and E lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: September 2024 · Most recent: March 2026. 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.
- 2026-03-16 "§ 27-2026 ADM CODE RESET, SO AS TO SECURE A PROPER AND TIGHT CONNECTION, THE WATER CLOSET BOWL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED A…"
- 2024-05-06 "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX. 2 SQ FT AT BACKSPLASH WEST…"
- Class B · 1 open · penalty 5 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2025-12-31 · Apt 2601 · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2025-09-08 · Apt 612 · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-11-13
- 2025-11-13
- 2024-11-13
- 2023-06-26
- 2023-02-14
- Jun 1, 2016 "FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION"
- Dec 13, 2011 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT"
- Apr 21, 2004
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2002, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- GRAND LARCENY: 25
- PETIT LARCENY: 23
- HARRASSMENT 2: 17
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 14
- OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINI: 9
- Noise - Residential: 131
- Illegal Parking: 56
- Street Condition: 43
- Traffic Signal Condition: 43
- Noise: 25
- 505 W 57TH ST
- 524 WEST 57 STREET
- 792 10 AVENUE
- P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs
- P.S. 452
- The Riverside School for Makers and Artists
- The Riverside School for Makers and Artists
- West End Secondary School
- P.S. 035
- High School for Environmental Studies
- Food and Finance High School
- High School of Hospitality Management
- 59 St-Columbus Circle
- 50 St
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- An Claidheamh Soluis, Inc.
- Cliplight Theatre Company, Inc.
- High School For Environmental Studies
- Urban Assembly School Of Design And Construction, The
- Artist Coworking Space Inc.
- 52nd Street Project, 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 Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 50 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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