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17 Battery Place

A 31-story building with 500 apartments, built in 1902, in Manhattan, NY 10004.

Addresses on the lot: 1 to 17 West Street.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

5open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous
7complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
May 2023latest housing court case3 cases on record, all years

17 Battery Place has 5 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Ocean Prime LLC.

Does 17 Battery Place have open violations?

Yes: 5 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most2
B, hazardous30 days1
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days2

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 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 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 17 Battery Place?

17 Battery Place is registered with HPD to Ocean Prime LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

7 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 May 2023. HPD’s record has 3 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 19% of residential buildings in 10004 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 17 Battery Place 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.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 1-00015-7501.