179 East 79th Street
A 15-story building with 59 apartments, built in 1928, in Manhattan, NY 10075.
Addresses on the lot: 179 to 183 East 79th Street.
HPD records as of October 27, 2026
179 East 79th Street has 11 open HPD violations, 3 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 179 TENANTS CORP C/O J&C LAMB MGMT CORP.
Does 179 East 79th Street have open violations?
Yes: 11 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 | 3 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 1 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 7 |
It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026.
Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 179 East 79th Street?
179 East 79th Street is registered with HPD to 179 TENANTS CORP C/O J&C LAMB MGMT CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.
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
HPD’s record shows no housing court cases over conditions or harassment at this building.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 6% of residential buildings in 10075 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 179 East 79th Street 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
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 1402 3rd Avenue148 apartments, built 1973
- 173 East 79th Street60 apartments, built 1928
- 162 East 80th Street26 apartments, built 1926
- 180 East 79th Street112 apartments, built 1930
- 161 East 79th Street24 apartments, built 1915
- 168 East 79th Street26 apartments, built 1927
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 1-01508-0031.