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18 West 70th Street

A 9-story building with 46 apartments, built in 1926, in Manhattan, NY 10023.

Addresses on the lot: 12 to 18 West 70th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

61open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous
2complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water
9rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

18 West 70th Street has 61 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 2 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 18 OWNERS CORP. 9 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 18 West 70th Street have open violations?

Yes: 61 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most4
B, hazardous30 days31
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days26

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 2 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.

Who owns 18 West 70th Street?

18 West 70th Street is registered with HPD to 18 OWNERS 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.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2016.

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

For comparison, 6% of residential buildings in 10023 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 18 West 70th Street rent stabilized?

9 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 10 in 2018. That’s 9 of the building’s 46 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 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 1-01122-0040.