540 West 53rd Street
BBL 1010817503Hell's Kitchen · Manhattan
Floors
13
Built
2016
Area
137.5ksf
Units
103
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Address
PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
- Property address
- 540 WEST 53RD STREET
- Zip code
- 10019
- Neighborhood
- Hell's Kitchen
- Borough
- Manhattan
- Block & lot
- 01081-7503
Zoning & buildable
Lot 17,171 sf · R9
- Zoning district
- R9
- Special district
- CL
- PLUTO building class
- RM
Special District CL — district-specific bulk and use rules may override the base FAR analysis.
FAR breakdown & buildable envelope — residential, commercial and community-facility headroom math in the full report.
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PLUTO · owner of record
CLINTON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
- Ownership form
- Condo
- Condo
- 3 unit lots
- Last recorded sale
- None since 2000
Tenancy & use
PLUTO units + DHCR rent-stabilization roll
103residential units130 rent-stabilized · 126%
- Residential sq. ft.
- 113,771
- Commercial sq. ft.
- 23,748
- PLUTO class
- RM
Rent stabilization constrains repositioning — buy-outs typically required to convert stabilized units to market-rate.
Stabilization history on file — the year-by-year DHCR roll, peak unit count and trend are in the full report.
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PLUTO · DOF parcel geometry
- Lot area
- 17,171 sf
- Dimensions
- 171.0 × 100.4 ft
- Position
- Mid-block · south side
- Front street
- W 53 ST
- D/F ratio
- 0.6 — shallow lot (atypical for NYC)
Financial
NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
- Total assessment
- $25.5M
- Land value
- $2.3M
- Exempt
- $21.0M($4.5M taxable)
- $/sf (implied)
- $185
Compliance
HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Significant violations
34 open HPD violations · 5 open HPD complaints · 0 active DOB jobs
- HPD violations (24 months)
- 5
- DOB violations (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (24 months)
- 35
- HPD complaints (open)
- 5
- DOB jobs (24 months)
- 0
Provenance
Every datum on this page is sourced from public NYC + federal datasets, refreshed on the schedule below.
| Source | What it covers | Last refresh |
|---|---|---|
| PLUTO | NYC DCP · physical / zoning / ownership baseline | Jul 9, 2026 |
| ACRIS | NYC DOF · deed + mortgage history | Jul 9, 2026 |
| HPD | Housing Preservation & Development · violations + complaints | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DOB | Department of Buildings · violations + permits | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DHCR | Rent Stabilization roll (through 2024) | Jul 9, 2026 |
| LPC | Landmarks Preservation Commission · landmark status | not loaded |
| Footprint | NYC DoITT photogrammetric building polygons | not loaded |
Assembled at Jul 9, 2026. Discrepancies between sources reflect upstream-data quality, not assembly bugs — file in our quality tracker.