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243 West 98th Street

A 7-story building with 31 apartments, built in 1899, in Manhattan, NY 10025.

Addresses on the lot: 2601 to 2607 Broadway.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

68open HPD violations13 immediately hazardous
32complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
1rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
March 2026latest housing court case3 cases on record, all years

243 West 98th Street has 68 open HPD violations, 13 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 32 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 243 WEST 98 CONDOMINIUM. 1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 243 West 98th Street have open violations?

Yes: 68 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most13
B, hazardous30 days41
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days14

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

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 27 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 32 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 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 243 West 98th Street?

243 West 98th Street is registered with HPD to 243 WEST 98 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.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in March 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, 16% of residential buildings in 10025 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 243 West 98th Street rent stabilized?

1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 1 of the building’s 31 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 1-01870-7501.