Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
50
out of 100
Heavier than 94% of buildings in Sunset Park (Central)
38 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
749 55TH STREET · 6 apartments · built 1914 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- N train about 9 minutes away
Against it
- 38 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
38 violations the city still lists as unresolved
38 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 5.0 years.
- Fire & life safety15
- Structural6
- Heat / hot water4
- Water leak3
- Plumbing3
- Pests2
- Other2
- Disrepair1
- Refuse / sanitation1
- Paint / plaster1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 93% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2008-07-03 and remains open on HPD’s records.