42 West 120th Street

A 7-story building with 28 apartments, built in 1902, in Manhattan, NY 10027.

Addresses on the lot: 42 to 44 West 120th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

12open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous

0complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat

1rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

August 2022latest housing court case1 case on record, all years

42 West 120th Street has 12 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to PARK PLACE CONDO. 1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 42 West 120th Street have open violations?

Yes: 12 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	4
B, hazardous	30 days	1
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	7

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 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 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.

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

Who owns 42 West 120th Street?

42 West 120th Street is registered with HPD to PARK PLACE CONDO. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a condominium’s: each apartment has its own owner, so an apartment for rent here is usually rented from that owner, under the condo’s rules.

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 August 2022. HPD’s record has 1 case 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, 17% of residential buildings in 10027 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 42 West 120th Street rent stabilized?

1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 2 in 2022. That’s 1 of the building’s 28 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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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 1-01718-7501.