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20 Avenue A

A 5-story building with 63 apartments, built in 1920, in Manhattan, NY 10009.

Addresses on the lot: 16 to 22 Avenue A, 16 Rear Avenue A.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

23open HPD violations10 immediately hazardous
126complaints to HPD, past year50 about heat or hot water
19rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
May 2026latest housing court case3 cases on record, all years

20 Avenue A has 23 open HPD violations, 10 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 126 complaints to HPD in the past year, 50 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Elizabeth Assets LLC. 19 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 20 Avenue A have open violations?

Yes: 23 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most10
B, hazardous30 days6
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days7

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 5 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 126 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 50 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

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.

Who owns 20 Avenue A?

20 Avenue A is registered with HPD to Elizabeth Assets LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in May 2026. HPD’s record has 3 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, 12% of residential buildings in 10009 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 20 Avenue A rent stabilized?

19 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 19 of the building’s 63 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 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 1-00397-0007.