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1626 Lexington Avenue

A 6-story building with 36 apartments, built in 1910, in Manhattan, NY 10029.

Addresses on the lot: 1626 to 1628 Lexington Avenue.

HPD records as of May 30, 2026

52open HPD violations16 immediately hazardous
0complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
24rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
October 2023latest housing court case6 cases on record, all years

1626 Lexington Avenue has 52 open HPD violations, 16 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 239 E 115th St, HDFC. 24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 1626 Lexington Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 52 open violations as of May 30, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most16
B, hazardous30 days27
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days9

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, 3 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the 12 months to May 30, 2026.

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 1626 Lexington Avenue?

1626 Lexington Avenue is registered with HPD to 239 E 115th St, HDFC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

5 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in October 2023. HPD’s record has 6 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, 18% of residential buildings in 10029 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1626 Lexington Avenue rent stabilized?

24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 24 of the building’s 36 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of May 30, 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 1-01630-0056.