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159 West 80th Street

A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1896, in Manhattan, NY 10024.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

56open HPD violations15 immediately hazardous
1complaint to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
2rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years2 older

159 West 80th Street has 56 open HPD violations, 15 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 159 WEST 80TH STREET CORP. 2 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 159 West 80th Street have open violations?

Yes: 56 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most15
B, hazardous30 days19
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days22

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 1 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.

Who owns 159 West 80th Street?

159 West 80th Street is registered with HPD to 159 WEST 80TH STREET CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 2 older cases, the latest from 2018.

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

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 10024 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 159 West 80th Street rent stabilized?

2 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 1 in 2021. That’s 2 of the building’s 20 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 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 1-01211-0010.