Midtown-Times Square · Manhattan · BBL 1010080015
131 West 55 Street
Also recorded as 131-135 West 55 Street
1924 individual landmark — held 29 years.
- Use
- Other
- Floors
- 9
- Built
- 1924
- Zoning
- C6-6.5 · built FAR 7.22 of 12
- Building
- 181,503 SF
- Lot
- 25,154 SF
- Assessed
- $18,418,950
Landmark: Individual Landmark · Special District MiD
What changed
Recorded and self-reported changes detected June 3, 2026 → September 1, 2026 · derived September 1, 2026
No qualifying recorded change was detected for this building in Atlas's change-detection window (June 3, 2026 → September 1, 2026). This is a detection result, not a stability claim. Standing conditions may predate the window.
Ownership
- Owner of record
- Nyc Department Of Cultural Affairs
- Last deed
- Recorded March 28, 1997, no stated consideration (price not public) · from Yamashita, Tatsuro · to RJK America, Inc. · held ~29 years (derived from the deed date)
No filed principals on record for this building (HPD registrations cover multiple dwellings; state filings name a chairman/CEO for corporations only).
Sources & vintages
- DCP MapPLUTO / DOF assessment roll: owner of record · PLUTO bake (2026-07 pipeline): the recorded owner, often an entity; never beneficial ownership
- ACRIS: recorded deed · ACRIS as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
- HPD multiple-dwelling registration: principals as filed · 2026-07-30: self-reported annual filing; names and roles only
- NYS DOS Active Corporations: entity filing · 2026-07-30: LLCs file no members; corporations may name a chairman/CEO
Recorded debt
Last recorded mortgage: January 25, 1991 · $30K (satisfied March 3, 1993; no replacement recorded in the document window; ACRIS records the instrument, not its maturity)
- March 3, 1993 Mortgage satisfied
- May 10, 1991 Mortgage satisfied
- January 25, 1991 Mortgage · $30K
Sources & vintages
- ACRIS: recorded mortgage instruments · ACRIS as fetched (2026-07 pipeline): ACRIS carries no maturity date
Open recorded matters
Open violations: 12 DOB · 6 ECB (4 hazardous class 1) · latest January 16, 2024
Facade (FISP / Local Law 11): Unsafe · cycle 9 · filed May 9, 2024.
Sources & vintages
- DOB / ECB / HPD: open violations · PLUTO bake (2026-07 pipeline)
- DOF: lien-sale eligibility list · as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
- ACRIS judgments · DOB FISP/LL11 facade filings · as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
Freshness
- PLUTO (lot, building, zoning, owner of record)PLUTO bake (2026-07 pipeline)
- ACRIS (deeds, mortgages, judgments)ACRIS as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
- HPD / DOB / DOS filings (principals)2026-07-30
- Atlas change detection2026-09-01 · window 2026-06-03 → 2026-09-01
Everything on this page is drawn from the digitized public record for this lot. Where a section shows nothing, Atlas has no digitized record of that kind for this building.