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55 Water Street, Brooklyn

BIN 3000019BBL 3000260050Block 26 · Lot 50Built 19005 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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55 Water Street at a glance

55 Water Street, Brooklyn has 6 open city records on file, none of them Class C, and no balance recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. No marshal evictions are on record for this building. No recorded sale is on file for its lot. The most recent record is dated May 20, 2026.

Open Class C
0
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
6
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
0
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
246
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
May 20, 2026
Permits record

Health score for 55 Water Street

A composite of the public indicators below. How it is scored.

B
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from the 300 most recent of 382 public records for this building
Scored from city records as published, which lag reality by a day or two, and closed violations rest on owner self-certification. A grade summarizes the public record, not the building itself. Full methodology · report a problem
Open Class C violations
Immediately hazardous, uncertified
This building 0
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 6
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 0
Unpaid penalties
OATH/ECB summonses with balance due
This building $0
Bedbug filings with infestations
Annual LL69 filings on record
This building 0
Tenant litigation
Open HP actions in Housing Court
This building 0
Active vacate order
HPD or FDNY order to vacate, still in effect
This building No

Record timeline for 55 Water Street

Showing the 300 most recent of 382 records; the CSV has the full history. Class A, B and C are HPD’s hazard tiers: C is immediately hazardous, A and B explained here.

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OATH / ECB summonses & fines at 55 Water Street

No balance is recorded as due across the 10 summonses below, out of $24,375.00 in penalties imposed. Balances are as the city publishes them; a settlement or write-off that never reached the dataset will not show here. New to these? How an OATH summons becomes a penalty, explained.

OATH and ECB summonses for 55 Water Street
011694164MJul 25, 2019CERTIFICATES OF FITNESS AND CERTIFICATES OF QUALIFICATIONSep 9, 2019SETTL IN-VIO
1065225Jan 30, 2017FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED PASSAGEWAY. PREMISES UNDER ALT2 JOB# 321484443 ACTIVE PERMIT 11.15.17 AT TIME OF INSPECTION FOUND ON 4TH FLR SECOND MEANS EGRESS REMOVED AND BUILD UP WITH SHEETROCK NEW STORAGApr 26, 2017Found in violation
940619May 22, 2016WORK AFTER HOURS W/O A VARIANCE PERMIT CONTRARY TO 28-105.12.5. AT TIME OF INSPECTION THERE WERE 2 WORKMEN ON THE 1ST FK INSTALLING DRYWALL IN FRONT OF ELEVATOR SHAFT & 3 ON THE 4TH FL INSTALLING DRYWALL ATJul 11, 2016Found in violation
1126592Sep 24, 2014FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG WALLS OR APPURTENANCES. AT TIME OF INSPECTIONNOTED CRACKS IN EXTERIOR MASONRY WALLS & DISLODGED BRICK,CRACKS AT VARIOUS AREAS MORE THAN 1/2"WIDE MORTAR MISSING THROUGHOUT. MASONRY ARCHENov 10, 2014Found in violation
034765002JApr 16, 2009SIDEWALK SHED DOES NOT MEET CODE SPECIFICATIONSJun 8, 2009Written off
1236009Apr 16, 2009SIDEWALK SHED DOES NOT MEET CODE-SPECIFICATION. SIDEWALK SHED ERECTED UNDER PERMIT #310070981 HAS INOPERABLE/NOT LIT LIGHT FIXTURES AT UNDERSIDE OF SHED. NOTED: AT 6AM NO LIGHTS ON AT UNDERSIDE OF SHED.Jun 8, 2009Written off
0151196028Dec 27, 2005FAILURE TO SWEEP 18 INCHES FROM CURBFeb 2, 2006Pending
0122894521May 26, 2001LOOSE RUBBISHJul 3, 2001Written off
0117846392Oct 5, 2000RECYCLING NOTICES NOT POSTED IN MAINTENANCE AREANov 1, 2000Written off
0106385869Sep 9, 1998DIRTY SIDEWALKOct 14, 1998Written off

Ownership history for 55 Water Street

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 3000260050), newest first. A price is the consideration stated on the deed; transfers between related parties, into an LLC, or by a referee often record none, shown as “—”. Each row links to the document in ACRIS.

No deed for this lot appears in ACRIS, the City Register's index of recorded documents. Condominium units are recorded on their own lots and are not matched to buildings yet.

Financing record for 55 Water Street

Mortgages recorded against this building’s tax lot, with the satisfactions that paid them off and the assignments that moved them between lenders, from the City Register (ACRIS). A satisfaction usually records no amount, shown as “—”.

Recorded financing documents for 55 Water Street
Feb 5, 2019Mortgage assignmentThe Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company, The United States Life Insurance Company, American General Life Insurance CompanyView ↗
Feb 5, 2019Mortgage assignmentThe Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company, The United States Life Insurance Company, American General Life Insurance CompanyView ↗
Feb 5, 2019Mortgage assignmentThe Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company, The United States Life Insurance Company, American General Life Insurance CompanyView ↗
Feb 4, 2019Assignment of leases and rents$245,000,000The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company, The United States Life Insurance Company, American General Life Insurance CompanyView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Mortgage assignmentManufacturers And Traders Trust CompanyView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Mortgage assignmentManufacturers And Traders Trust CompanyView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Assignment of leases and rents$18,512,112Brooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Mortgage$101,314,117Brooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Mortgage assignmentBrooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Mortgage$18,512,112Brooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Mortgage assignmentBrooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Mortgage$9,149,601Brooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Mortgage assignmentBrooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Mortgage assignmentManufacturers And Traders Trust CompanyView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Mortgage assignmentBrooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Assignment of leases and rents$217,338,287Brooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Nov 16, 2017Assignment of leases and rents$9,149,601Brooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
May 5, 2016Mortgage assignmentManufacturers And Traders Trust CompanyView ↗
May 5, 2016Assignment of leases and rents$14,071,549Brooklyn Bridge Park DevelopmentView ↗
May 5, 2016Assignment of leases and rents$6,952,621Brooklyn Bridge Park DevelopmentView ↗
May 5, 2016Mortgage$14,071,549Brooklyn Bridge Park DevelopmentView ↗
May 5, 2016Mortgage$6,952,621Brooklyn Bridge Park DevelopmentView ↗
May 5, 2016Mortgage assignmentManufacturers Nad Traders Trust CompanyView ↗
Oct 3, 2014Mortgage$76,124,185Brooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Oct 3, 2014Assignment of leases and rents$76,124,185Brooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Oct 3, 2014Mortgage assignmentManufacturers And Traders Trust CompanyView ↗
Oct 3, 2014Assignment of leases and rents$18,875,815Brooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗
Oct 3, 2014Mortgage assignmentManufacturers And Traders Trust CompanyView ↗
Oct 3, 2014Mortgage$18,875,815Brooklyn Bridge Park Development CorporationView ↗

Lender names are as recorded; the current holder of a loan can differ if a later assignment was never recorded.