553 3rd Avenue
Manhattan · Murray Hill-Kips Bay, NY 10016
553 3rd Avenue is a 42-apartment building in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, built in 1900, managed by Ek 3 LLC. The City has 10 open housing-code violations on file for it, 3 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.24 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 2 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 3 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 Ek 3 LLC
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- Units
- 42
- Year built
- 1900
- Neighborhood
- Murray Hill-Kips Bay
- 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.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 3 days from complaint to close, faster than the 4-day neighborhood median.
Complaints are down from 3 to 2 year on year.
2tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 3 the year before
10open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 0.2 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 3
- Hazardous
- 5
- Non-hazardous
- 2
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings5
- Pests3
- Leaks, damp or mould1
- Doors, windows and locks1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
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