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157 Manhattan Avenue

A 6-story building with 24 apartments, built in 1941, in Manhattan, NY 10025.

Addresses on the lot: 157 to 159 Manhattan Avenue.

HPD records as of November 3, 2026

48open HPD violations5 immediately hazardous
63complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
24rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
June 2026latest housing court case12 cases on record, all years

157 Manhattan Avenue has 48 open HPD violations, 5 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 63 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 153 MANHATTAN AVE HDFC. 24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 157 Manhattan Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 48 open violations as of November 3, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most5
B, hazardous30 days32
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days11

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, 1 has been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 63 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 3, 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.

Who owns 157 Manhattan Avenue?

157 Manhattan Avenue is registered with HPD to 153 MANHATTAN AVE HDFC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in June 2026. HPD’s record has 12 cases 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, 16% of residential buildings in 10025 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 157 Manhattan Avenue rent stabilized?

24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 24 of the building’s 24 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 3, 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 1-01843-0015.