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488 7th Avenue

A 13-story building with 104 apartments, built in 1902, in Manhattan, NY 10018.

Addresses on the lot: 482 to 490 7th Avenue.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

27open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous
41complaints to HPD, past year6 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
August 2026latest housing court case1 case on record, all years

488 7th Avenue has 27 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 41 complaints to HPD in the past year, 6 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 488 SEVENTH LLC.

Does 488 7th Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 27 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most4
B, hazardous30 days18
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days5

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.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 41 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 6 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.

Who owns 488 7th Avenue?

488 7th Avenue is registered with HPD to 488 SEVENTH LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in August 2026. HPD’s record has 1 case here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 18% of residential buildings in 10018 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 488 7th 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.

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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 1-00786-0042.