131 East 85th Street

A 7-story building with 23 apartments, built in 1985, in Manhattan, NY 10028.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

67open HPD violations23 immediately hazardous

36complaints to HPD, past year10 about heat or hot water

5rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

May 2025latest housing court case5 cases on record, all years

131 East 85th Street has 67 open HPD violations, 23 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 36 complaints to HPD in the past year, 10 about heat or hot water. It is registered to SAMMMY GROUP LLC. 5 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 131 East 85th Street have open violations?

Yes: 67 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	23
B, hazardous	30 days	38
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	6

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 3 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 36 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 10 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

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

Who owns 131 East 85th Street?

131 East 85th Street is registered with HPD to SAMMMY GROUP LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

7 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

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

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in May 2025. HPD’s record has 5 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.

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

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 10028 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 131 East 85th Street rent stabilized?

5 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 4 in 2018. That’s 5 of the building’s 23 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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 1-01514-0016.