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251 West 74th Street

A 7-story building with 27 apartments, built in 1948, in Manhattan, NY 10023.

Addresses on the lot: 251 to 253 West 74th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

26open HPD violations6 immediately hazardous
0complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
4rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 yearson HPD’s record

251 West 74th Street has 26 open HPD violations, 6 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 251 WEST 74 OWNERS CORP. 4 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 251 West 74th Street have open violations?

Yes: 26 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most6
B, hazardous30 days18
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days2

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, 1 has been closed.

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 251 West 74th Street?

251 West 74th Street is registered with HPD to 251 WEST 74 OWNERS 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 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 251 West 74th Street rent stabilized?

4 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 6 in 2018. That’s 4 of the building’s 27 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 1-01166-0006.