45 East 135th Street

A 13-story building with 206 apartments, built in 1946, in Manhattan, NY 10037.

Addresses on the lot: 45 to 57 East 135th Street, 2171 to 2181 Madison Avenue.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

122open HPD violations35 immediately hazardous

142complaints to HPD, past year43 about heat or hot water

245rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

September 2025latest housing court case15 cases on record, all years

45 East 135th Street has 122 open HPD violations, 35 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 142 complaints to HPD in the past year, 43 about heat or hot water. It is registered to RIVERTON SQUARE, LLC. 245 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 45 East 135th Street have open violations?

Yes: 122 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	35
B, hazardous	30 days	66
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	21

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, 42 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 142 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 43 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

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 45 East 135th Street?

45 East 135th Street is registered with HPD to RIVERTON SQUARE, LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

5 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

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in September 2025. HPD’s record has 15 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 6 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 29% of residential buildings in 10037 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 45 East 135th Street rent stabilized?

245 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 246 in 2018. 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 1-01760-0101.