142 East 49th Street
A 10-story building with 45 apartments, built in 1924, in Manhattan, NY 10017.
Addresses on the lot: 142 to 144 East 49th Street.
HPD records as of October 27, 2026
142 East 49th Street has 11 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 10 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 142 EAST 49 STREET OWNERS CORP.
Does 142 East 49th Street have open violations?
Yes: 11 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 | 6 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 3 |
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, 6 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 10 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, none 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 142 East 49th Street?
142 East 49th Street is registered with HPD to 142 EAST 49 STREET OWNERS CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people 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 3 older cases, the latest from 2008.
City marshals carried out 3 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 9% of residential buildings in 10017 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 142 East 49th Street 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
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 146 East 49th Street38 apartments, built 1920
- 145 East 48th Street207 apartments, built 1985
- 150 East 49th Street48 apartments, built 1923
- 155 East 49th Street71 apartments, built 1924
- 138 East 50th Street124 apartments, built 2017
- 760 3rd Avenue284 apartments, built 1929
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 1-01303-0046.