550 West 156 Street
Manhattan · 10032 · BBL 1021140018 · look up another building
Most recent filing on this building: a violation, January 6, 2025
550 West 156 Street is a multi-family walk-up in Washington Heights, Manhattan, ZIP 10032. City records date it to 1896 and count 13 apartments. The city's property file lists the owner of record as GREEN CLOTH APARTMENTS HOUSING. Its total assessed value is $245K, for the 2026 tax year.
DHCR registration lists 4 rent-stabilized units here in 2023, but that is the building and not your apartment. The state will send you your own rent history free, and it is the only binding answer on what you should be paying.
The November 1 report on this block
On the first of every month we email one page about tax block 2114 in Manhattan, the block 550 West 156 Street is on. It lists what was filed there that month, then where the block stands. As of today, that part reads:
- 2 buildings changed hands in the last twelve months.
- The block holds 23 parcels and 574 residential units.
Anything filed on 550 West 156 Street itself comes the next morning.
Taxes and assessed value for 550 West 156 Street
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $245K for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $19K per residential unit. Assessed value is what the city taxes, not what the building would sell for, and the two routinely differ by a wide margin. The bill itself turns on the tax class rate and on any exemptions or abatements attached to the lot, neither of which is published here.
1 marshal eviction at 550 West 156 Street
City marshals executed 1 eviction at 550 West 156 Street in the record PulseCities holds, the most recent on Aug 19, 2024. That is more than 8 in 10 buildings its size in 10032. Holding the marshal docket number or the court index number from one of these? Look up that case →
Rent stabilization at 550 West 156 Street
DHCR registration records list 4 rent-stabilized units at this building in 2023, the most recent year PulseCities holds. Registration is building-level and does not settle the status of any single apartment; the rent history does. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history from the state. That is the only binding answer, and it takes time to come back. While you wait, you can get an email when the record here moves: a deed, an eviction, a permit or a violation filed on this building. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open code violations at 550 West 156 Street
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 13 violations against this building, of which 2 remain unresolved. That is about typical for buildings its size in 10032. The most serious open grade here is immediately hazardous, with 2 open violations.
If you own or manage this building, violationscout.com shows what it takes to clear these, from the date each one has to be certified by to how a correction gets filed. It is a paid site, built by the same person as this one.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
Violation history at 550 West 156 Street
| Violation | Issued | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface usin…Nov Sent Out | Jan 6, 2025 | C |
| Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartmentViolation Dismissed | Jan 3, 2025 | B |
| Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartmentViolation Dismissed | Jan 3, 2025 | B |
| Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartmentViolation Dismissed | Jan 3, 2025 | C |
| Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at basement at boiler roomViolation Dismissed | Jan 3, 2025 | C |
| Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of t…Nov Sent Out | Jan 3, 2025 | C |
| Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartmentViolation Dismissed | Jan 3, 2025 | C |
| Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartmentViolation Dismissed | Dec 26, 2024 | B |
The 8 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 2 of them still open. Each row is the inspector's own wording with the statute citation removed. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
311 complaint history at 550 West 156 Street
1 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through October 10, 2026.
How 550 West 156 Street compares in 10032
PulseCities tracks 1,018 lots in 10032, of which 238 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 42 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. This building is in that second group, which is 23.4% of the ZIP. 10032 scores 46.3 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 26 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Washington Heights →
Other buildings on this block
The city's files carry a record for 8 other addresses on tax block 2114 in Manhattan. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
- 3750 BroadwayWashington Heights, 10032
- 570 West 156 StreetWashington Heights, 10032
- 554 West 156 StreetWashington Heights, 10032
- 546 West 156 StreetWashington Heights, 10032
- 536 West 156 StreetWashington Heights, 10032
- 520 West 156 StreetWashington Heights, 10032
- 516 West 156 StreetWashington Heights, 10032
- 512 West 156 StreetWashington Heights, 10032
Questions about 550 West 156 Street
Who owns 550 West 156 Street?
The city's property file lists GREEN CLOTH APARTMENTS HOUSING as the owner of record for 550 West 156 Street. No deed for this lot appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds, so that name comes from the tax roll rather than from a recorded transfer.
Has 550 West 156 Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 550 West 156 Street appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.
Have there been evictions at 550 West 156 Street?
Yes. One marshal-executed eviction at 550 West 156 Street appears in the NYC evictions dataset, the most recent on Aug 19, 2024. The dataset covers executed evictions only, so it undercounts housing court activity: cases that settle or end in a move-out never reach a marshal.
Is 550 West 156 Street rent stabilized?
DHCR registrations list 4 stabilized units at this building in 2023. Registration is building-level, so it does not settle whether one apartment is stabilized. The free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal does.
What is 550 West 156 Street assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $245K for the 2026 tax year. That is the figure the city taxes rather than a sale price, and the bill depends on the tax class rate and on any exemptions on the lot.
What is the displacement risk around 550 West 156 Street?
10032 (Washington Heights) scores 46.3 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, 311 complaint volume, executed evictions, and serious HPD violations. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
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Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.