40 1st Avenue
A 16-story building with 156 apartments, built in 1964, in Manhattan, NY 10009.
HPD records as of October 26, 2026
40 1st Avenue has 5 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to VILLAGE VIEW HOUSING CORP.
Does 40 1st Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 5 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 2 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 0 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 3 |
It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026.
Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 40 1st Avenue?
40 1st Avenue is registered with HPD to VILLAGE VIEW HOUSING 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.
6 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.
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
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, 12% of residential buildings in 10009 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 40 1st 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
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 107 East 2nd Street20 apartments, built 1900
- 101 East 2nd Street22 apartments, built 2020
- 26 1st Avenue20 apartments, built 1920
- 117 East 2nd Street120 apartments, built 1971
- 60 1st Avenue203 apartments, built 1964
- 18 1st Avenue27 apartments, built 1900
HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 26, 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 1-00430-0001.