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200 West 70th Street

A 15-story building with 229 apartments, built in 1926, in Manhattan, NY 10023.

Addresses on the lot: 210 to 222 Amsterdam Avenue.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

19open HPD violations5 immediately hazardous
9complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
90rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

200 West 70th Street has 19 open HPD violations, 5 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 9 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to MODERN EQUITY CO. 90 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 200 West 70th Street have open violations?

Yes: 19 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most5
B, hazardous30 days6
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days8

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 9 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, none 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 200 West 70th Street?

200 West 70th Street is registered with HPD to MODERN EQUITY CO. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2008.

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 200 West 70th Street rent stabilized?

90 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 111 in 2018. That’s 90 of the building’s 229 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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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 1-01158-0033.