556 Howard Avenue
BBL 5005970120West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill · Staten Island
Floors
2
Built
1951
Area
121.8ksf
Units
128
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Address
PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
- Property address
- 556 HOWARD AVENUE
- Alternate address(es)
- 558-562 Howard Ave580-582 Howard Ave160-182 Arlo Rd8-63 Seth Ct4-6 Stratford Ave10-12 Stratford Ave20-26 Stratford Ave
- Zip code
- 10301
- Neighborhood
- West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
- Borough
- Staten Island
- Block & lot
- 00597-0120
Zoning & buildable
Lot 222,111 sf · R4
- Zoning district
- R4
- Special district
- HS
- PLUTO building class
- C6
Special District HS — district-specific bulk and use rules may override the base FAR analysis.
Development headroom detected — the FAR breakdown, max buildable envelope and unused-sf math are in the full report.
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PLUTO · owner of record
GRYMES HILL OWNERS CORP.
- 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
128residential units1 rent-stabilized · 1%
- Residential sq. ft.
- 121,750
- Commercial sq. ft.
- 0
- PLUTO class
- C6
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
- 222,111 sf
- Dimensions
- 261.0 × 851.0 ft
- Position
- Mid-block · south side
- Front street
- SETH CT
- D/F ratio
- 3.3 — deep lot (atypical — possible corner or oversize)
Financial
NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
- Total assessment
- $4.7M
- Land value
- $2.2M
- Exempt
- $161K($4.5M taxable)
- $/sf (implied)
- $39
Compliance
HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Significant violations
25 open HPD violations · 0 open HPD complaints · 1 active DOB job
- HPD violations (24 months)
- 8
- DOB violations (24 months)
- 4
- HPD complaints (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (open)
- 0
- DOB jobs (24 months)
- 1
$6K 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.