255 Ft Washington Avenue

A 6-story building with 36 apartments, built in 1946, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

Addresses on the lot: 255 to 261 Ft Washington Avenue.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

22open HPD violations10 immediately hazardous

41complaints to HPD, past year10 about heat or hot water

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

November 2025latest housing court case3 cases on record, all years

255 Ft Washington Avenue has 22 open HPD violations, 10 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 41 complaints to HPD in the past year, 10 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 255 TENANTS CORP.

Does 255 Ft Washington Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 22 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	10
B, hazardous	30 days	11
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	1

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, 9 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 41 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 10 of them 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.

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

Who owns 255 Ft Washington Avenue?

255 Ft Washington Avenue is registered with HPD to 255 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.

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 November 2025. 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, 34% of residential buildings in 10032 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 255 Ft Washington Avenue 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.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 28, 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 1-02139-0175.