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315 East 56th Street

Manhattan · East Midtown-Turtle Bay, NY 10022

315 East 56th Street is a 55-apartment building in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, built in 1950, managed by Buchbinder & Warren LLC. The City has 11 open housing-code violations on file for it, 5 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.20 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 21 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 77 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.

Managed by Buchbinder & Warren LLC

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Units
55
Year built
1950
Borough
Manhattan

This building’s record with the City

Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.

2.7/5About average for the areaScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

21tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 4 the year before

Typically closed in 77 days · neighborhood median is 4

11open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 0.2 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
5
Hazardous
3
Non-hazardous
3

What the open repairs are about

  • Doors, windows and locks3
  • Leaks, damp or mould3
  • Stairs, floors and ceilings2
  • Paint and plaster1
  • Electrical1
  • Other repairs1

Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026

The company that manages it, elsewhere

Buchbinder & Warren LLC manages 97 other buildings we cover, holding 2,199 apartments.

open violations
100open violations
immediately hazardous
11immediately hazardous
311 complaints
65311 complaints

in the past year

The company’s record across its other buildings, not this building’s. A company can run one well and another badly, and these figures often predate the current management. (HPD and 311, as of 28 September 2026.)

What tenants say

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