525 East 81st Street
A 5-story building with 44 apartments, built in 1957, in Manhattan, NY 10028.
Addresses on the lot: 523 to 527 East 81st Street.
HPD records as of October 27, 2026
525 East 81st Street has 66 open HPD violations, 1 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to ELK 525 EAST 81ST LLC. 11 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.
Does 525 East 81st Street have open violations?
Yes: 66 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 | 51 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 14 |
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 5 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, none 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.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 525 East 81st Street?
525 East 81st Street is registered with HPD to ELK 525 EAST 81ST LLC. 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
None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2016.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 10028 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 525 East 81st Street rent stabilized?
11 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 13 in 2018. That’s 11 of the building’s 44 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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Buildings nearby
- 521 East 81st Street20 apartments, built 1910
- 519 East 81st Street20 apartments, built 1910
- 529 East 81st Street100 apartments, built 1900
- 528 East 82nd Street23 apartments, built 1910
- 532 East 82nd Street24 apartments, built 1910
- 515 East 81st Street20 apartments, built 1910
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 1-01578-0014.