440 East 79th Street
A 16-story building with 219 apartments, built in 1956, in Manhattan, NY 10075.
Addresses on the lot: 422 to 446 East 79th Street.
HPD records as of October 27, 2026
440 East 79th Street has 16 open HPD violations, 1 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 440 EAST 79TH ST OWNERS. 27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.
Does 440 East 79th Street have open violations?
Yes: 16 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 | 1 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 7 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 8 |
It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size
Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 1 has been closed.
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 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 440 East 79th Street?
440 East 79th Street is registered with HPD to 440 EAST 79TH ST OWNERS. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
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 October 2025. 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, 6% of residential buildings in 10075 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 440 East 79th Street rent stabilized?
27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 34 in 2018. That’s 27 of the building’s 219 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
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 425 East 78th Street35 apartments, built 1910
- 443 East 78th Street20 apartments, built 1924
- 420 East 79th Street111 apartments, built 1959
- 460 East 79th Street118 apartments, built 1957
- 425 East 79th Street186 apartments, built 1955
- 442 East 78th Street20 apartments, built 1928
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 1-01473-0018.