1270 5th Avenue

A 14-story building with 201 apartments, built in 1959, in Manhattan, NY 10029.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

13open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous

3complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

1270 5th Avenue has 13 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 3 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to The Twelve Seventy Fifth Avenue. Cooperative, Inc.

Does 1270 5th Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 13 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	2
B, hazardous	30 days	11
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	0

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 3 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 2 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 1270 5th Avenue?

1270 5th Avenue is registered with HPD to The Twelve Seventy Fifth Avenue. Cooperative, Inc. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.

The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2011.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 18% of residential buildings in 10029 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1270 5th Avenue rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 27, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 1-01614-0001.