172 West 81st Street

A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1891, in Manhattan, NY 10024.

Addresses on the lot: 172 West 81st Street, 174 West 81st Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

24open HPD violations10 immediately hazardous

8complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water

5rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

Nonehousing court cases in 5 years2 older

172 West 81st Street has 24 open HPD violations, 10 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 172 W 81 LLC. 5 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 172 West 81st Street have open violations?

Yes: 24 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	10
B, hazardous	30 days	10
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	4

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, 13 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 2 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 172 West 81st Street?

172 West 81st Street is registered with HPD to 172 W 81 LLC. 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

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 2 older cases, the latest from 2020.

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 172 West 81st Street rent stabilized?

5 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 5 of the building’s 20 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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 1-01211-0059.