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221 East 78th Street

A 6-story building with 54 apartments, built in 1948, in Manhattan, NY 10075.

Addresses on the lot: 211 to 221 East 78th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

0open HPD violationsnone hazardous
0complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

HPD lists no open violations at 221 East 78th Street. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 221 EAST 78TH TENANTS CORP.

Does 221 East 78th Street have open violations?

No. HPD lists no open violations at 221 East 78th Street as of October 27, 2026.

No class C violation is open. 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments have one. More on buildings by size

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.

Who owns 221 East 78th Street?

221 East 78th Street is registered with HPD to 221 EAST 78TH TENANTS CORP. The registration also names a head officer, the person 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 2009.

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 221 East 78th 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.

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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 1-01433-0007.