136 East 56 Street
BBL 1013100059East Midtown-Turtle Bay · Manhattan
Floors
16
Built
1962
Area
198.0ksf
Units
147
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Address
PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
- Property address
- 136 EAST 56 STREET
- Alternate address(es)
- 131 East 55 St132-134 East 56 St662-676 Lexington Ave
- Zip code
- 10022
- Neighborhood
- East Midtown-Turtle Bay
- Borough
- Manhattan
- Block & lot
- 01310-0059
Zoning & buildable
Lot 15,675 sf · C5-2.5
- Zoning district
- C5-2.5
- Special district
- MiD
- PLUTO building class
- D4
Special District MiD — 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
136 E 56TH ST OWNERS INC
- Ownership form
- Co-op
- Co-op
- Building-level ownership · units are shares, not lots
- Last recorded sale
- None since 2000
Tenancy & use
PLUTO units + DHCR rent-stabilization roll
147residential units1 rent-stabilized · 1%
- Residential sq. ft.
- 168,819
- Commercial sq. ft.
- 29,153
- PLUTO class
- D4
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
- 15,675 sf
- Dimensions
- 140.4 × 110.0 ft
- Position
- Corner lot
- Front street
- E 56 ST
- Side street
- LEXINGTON AVE
- D/F ratio
- 0.8 — shallow lot (atypical for NYC)
Financial
NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
- Total assessment
- $19.9M
- Land value
- $3.2M
- Exempt
- $117K($19.8M taxable)
- $/sf (implied)
- $101
Debt history · 7 mortgages on record — lenders, amounts and maturity timing in the full report.
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HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Minor activity
1 open HPD violation · 0 open HPD complaints · 10 active DOB jobs
- HPD violations (24 months)
- 6
- DOB violations (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (24 months)
- 6
- HPD complaints (open)
- 0
- DOB jobs (24 months)
- 14
$788K in alteration permits over last 24 months
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.