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246 East 51st Street

A 6-story building with 21 apartments, built in 1926, in Manhattan, NY 10022.

Addresses on the lot: 246 to 248 East 51st Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

17open HPD violations5 immediately hazardous
0complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
1rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 yearson HPD’s record

246 East 51st Street has 17 open HPD violations, 5 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 51ST STREET OWNER'S CORP. 1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 246 East 51st Street have open violations?

Yes: 17 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 days5
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days7

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. 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 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 246 East 51st Street?

246 East 51st Street is registered with HPD to 51ST STREET OWNER'S CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people 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

HPD’s record shows no housing court cases over conditions or harassment at this building.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 10022 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 246 East 51st Street rent stabilized?

1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 1 of the building’s 21 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 1-01324-0030.