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532 East 79th Street

A 6-story building with 102 apartments, built in 1912, in Manhattan, NY 10075.

Addresses on the lot: 532 to 536 East 79th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

3open HPD violations1 immediately hazardous
2complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
102rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

532 East 79th Street has 3 open HPD violations, 1 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 2 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 78/79 YORK ASSOCIATES LLC. 102 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 532 East 79th Street have open violations?

Yes: 3 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most1
B, hazardous30 days1
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days1

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 2 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 1 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 532 East 79th Street?

532 East 79th Street is registered with HPD to 78/79 YORK ASSOCIATES LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

17 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2018.

City marshals carried out 3 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 532 East 79th Street rent stabilized?

102 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 101 in 2018. That’s 102 of the building’s 102 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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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 1-01490-0030.