219 West 81st Street

A 12-story building with 114 apartments, built in 1912, in Manhattan, NY 10024.

Addresses on the lot: 2260 to 2268 Broadway.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

30open HPD violations6 immediately hazardous

11complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat

28rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

September 2022latest housing court case6 cases on record, all years

219 West 81st Street has 30 open HPD violations, 6 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 11 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to AVONOVA CONDOMINIUM. 28 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 219 West 81st Street have open violations?

Yes: 30 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	6
B, hazardous	30 days	12
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	12

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 8 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 11 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.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 219 West 81st Street?

219 West 81st Street is registered with HPD to AVONOVA CONDOMINIUM. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a condominium’s: each apartment has its own owner, so an apartment for rent here is usually rented from that owner, under the condo’s rules.

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

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in September 2022. HPD’s record has 6 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction 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 219 West 81st Street rent stabilized?

28 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 33 in 2018. That’s 28 of the building’s 114 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 1-01229-7502.