155 East 55th Street

155 East 55th Street has about 137,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 60,000 square feet of office and 5,000 square feet of retail, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

City records list 1961 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 1982. The building is 13 floors tall.

City records list 151-155 East 55th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1013100027) as 155 East 55th Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

155 East 55th Street is in ZIP code 10022, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 155 East 55th Street, New York, NY 10022, in Midtown.

The lot is in the C5-2 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 10.51 and a maximum commercial FAR of 10 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 155 East 55th Street is Lexington Av/53 St (the E, F and 6 trains, connected to 51 St), about 700 feet away in a straight line, roughly 3 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: 59 St (the 4, 5, 6, N, R and W trains, connected to Lexington Av/59 St), 4 min walk; 5 Av/53 St (the E and F trains), 7 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 155 EAST PROPERTY OWNER LLC as the owner of record of 155 East 55th Street (BBL 1013100027). Big buildings are usually held through a company set up for that one property, so the name on the roll can differ from the landlord's brand or the managing agent. Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

155 East 55th Street last sold in June 2021 for $47 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. CAPITAL 155 EAST 55TH, LLC sold it to 155 EAST PROPERTY LLC. That comes to about $343 per square foot of floor area. The deed is ACRIS document 2021061101415001 (BBL 1013100027) in the city's property records. A sale of the company that owns a building is not recorded as a deed, so it would not show there.

155 East 55th Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 71 for calendar year 2024 in its Local Law 84 benchmarking filing. Under Local Law 33, as amended by Local Law 95 of 2019, a score of 85 or higher earns an A, 70 to 84 a B, 55 to 69 a C and under 55 a D, so 71 earns a B. The Department of Buildings assigns the grade a building posts, so the posted label can differ if a filing was corrected. Its site energy use came to 87 kBtu per square foot, 22% below the national median of 111.1 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 830 metric tons of CO2e (6.05 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to September 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 1 job at 155 East 55th Street. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 3 floors (floors 1, 2 and 5 and the roof terrace). The newest build-out, on floors 1 and 2, the open space and the roof terrace, was first permitted in July 2025 (construction, mechanical, plumbing; filed cost estimate $60,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1013100027. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $9.06 million for 155 East 55th Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $983,203 a year, roughly $7.17 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1013100027 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 155 East 55th Street at $21.5 million ($4.52 million of it land) and its assessed value at $9.69 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 29% from 2022/23 ($16.7 million) to 2026/27.

No space at 155 East 55th Street is listed on Leasemark right now. Owners and brokers can list space here for free, and tenants can post a requirement to be matched when space opens up.