1600 3rd Avenue

A 5-story building with 34 apartments, built in 1920, in Manhattan, NY 10128.

Addresses on the lot: 1600 to 1602 3rd Avenue.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

140open HPD violations20 immediately hazardous

43complaints to HPD, past year22 about heat or hot water

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

August 2023latest housing court case2 cases on record, all years

1600 3rd Avenue has 140 open HPD violations, 20 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 43 complaints to HPD in the past year, 22 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Eljay Realty Co.

Does 1600 3rd Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 140 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	20
B, hazardous	30 days	86
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	34

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, 5 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 43 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 22 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 1600 3rd Avenue?

1600 3rd Avenue is registered with HPD to Eljay Realty Co. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

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 2 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

The building is in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, which takes on the city’s worst-maintained buildings.

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

For comparison, 6% of residential buildings in 10128 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1600 3rd Avenue 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

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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 1-01518-0039.