156 1st Avenue

A 6-story building with 22 apartments, built in 1900, in Manhattan, NY 10009.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

64open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous

1complaint to HPD, past yearnone about heat

21rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

August 2023latest housing court case1 case on record, all years

156 1st Avenue has 64 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year. It is registered to DONZELLI REALTY CORP. 21 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 156 1st Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 64 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	4
B, hazardous	30 days	32
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	28

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

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 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 156 1st Avenue?

156 1st Avenue is registered with HPD to DONZELLI REALTY CORP. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

1 other building is 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 August 2023. HPD’s record has 1 case here in all, going back to the 1990s.

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

For comparison, 12% of residential buildings in 10009 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 156 1st Avenue rent stabilized?

21 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 20 in 2018. That’s 21 of the building’s 22 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 26, 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 1-00437-0005.