# 65 West 55th Street, Manhattan

Apartment building · 79 units · built 1962 · Block 1271, Lot 7.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/1012710007/65-west-55-street

More construction in Midtown West: https://umarelli.org/nyc/manhattan/midtown-west.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Jul 2, 2026, estimated cost $178K, described as “Proposed renovation at partial 1st floor commercial space of eating & drinking establishment with partitions work and floor finishes as per plan. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 2, 2025, estimated cost $190K, described as “Demolition and replacement of existing windows on floors 2, 3, 4. Patching and repair of existing masonry wall, construction of masonry wall curb, addition of interior furring wall.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 2, 2025, estimated cost $500K, described as “Demolition of select spaces on the cellar and 1ST floor. Full demolition of existing office interiors on floors 2-4. Demolition of one commercial passenger elevator and one residential passenger elevator and portion of elevator shaft wall.”
- Major Renovation — Conversion, filed Sep 30, 2025, estimated cost $3.2M, 30 units added, 13 stories, described as “Conversion of offices to residential units on floors 2-4. Elevator cab and emr equipment replacement.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 13, 2022, estimated cost $26K, described as “File plumbing work in conjunction to department of buildings application# M00746209. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 6, 2022, estimated cost $46K, described as “Interior renovation with partition works to combine two apartments on 11TH floor apt. 11A and apt. 11K into one apartment as per tppn 3-97. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 2, 2022, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 14, 2022, described as “Installation of temporary supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 13, 2021, estimated cost $14K, described as “File plumbing work in conjunction to department of buildings application# M00608075. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 1, 2021, estimated cost $31K, described as “Interior renovation with partition works to combine two apartments on 7TH floor apt. 7H and apt. 7J into one apartment as per tppn 3-97. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 9, 2021, estimated cost $14K, described as “File plumbing work in conjunction to department of buildings application# M00606766. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 29, 2021, estimated cost $14K, described as “File plumbing work in conjunction to department of buildings application# M00582395. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 14, 2021, estimated cost $37K, described as “Interior renovation with partition works to combine two apartments on 5TH floor apt. 5A and apt. 5B into one apartment as per tppn 3-97. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 30, 2021, estimated cost $493K, described as “Facade repairs to include masonry repairs at the north, west, south & east facades. No change in use, egress or occupancy,”
- Alteration, filed Sep 30, 2021, estimated cost $18K, described as “File plumbing work in conjunction to department of buildings application# M00590659. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 21, 2021, estimated cost $14K, described as “File plumbing work in conjunction to department of buildings application# M00582610. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 9, 2021, estimated cost $62K, described as “Interior renovation to combine three apartments on penthouse apt. Phe, phh and phk into two apartments. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 31, 2021, estimated cost $14K, described as “File plumbing work in conjunction to department of buildings application# M00578285. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 30, 2021, estimated cost $14K, described as “File plumbing work in conjunction to department of buildings application# M00578262. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 27, 2021, estimated cost $38K, described as “Interior renovation with partition works to combine two apartments on 8TH floor apt. 8J and apt. 8K into one apartment. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 27, 2021, estimated cost $37K, described as “Interior renovation with partition works to combine two apartments on 10TH floor apt. 10A and apt. 10B into one apartment as per tppn 3-97. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 24, 2021, estimated cost $27K, described as “Interior renovation with partition works to combine two apartments on 6TH floor apt. 6D and apt. 6E into one apartment. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 24, 2021, estimated cost $25K, described as “Interior renovation with partition works to combine two apartments on 6TH floor apt. 6A and apt. 6K into one apartment. No change of use, egress or occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $13,070,700
- 2026–27 tax: $1,488,807
- Market value (city estimate): $29,046,000
- Taxable value: $11,968,860
- Assessed land: $2,970,000
- Assessed improvements: $10,100,700

## Zoning

C5-P: floor area ratio 9.49 built, 10.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Jun 17, 2024: $36,000,000
- Jun 7, 2021: $45,000,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology