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42 Thayer Street

A 6-story building with 36 apartments, built in 1939, in Manhattan, NY 10040.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

63open HPD violations11 immediately hazardous
14complaints to HPD, past year5 about heat or hot water
37rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years3 older

42 Thayer Street has 63 open HPD violations, 11 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 14 complaints to HPD in the past year, 5 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 42 THAYER LLC. 37 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 42 Thayer Street have open violations?

Yes: 63 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most11
B, hazardous30 days46
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days6

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, 5 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 14 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 5 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.

Who owns 42 Thayer Street?

42 Thayer Street is registered with HPD to 42 THAYER LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 3 older cases, the latest from 2016.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 46% of residential buildings in 10040 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 42 Thayer Street rent stabilized?

37 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. 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 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 1-02174-0208.