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56 Ft Washington Avenue

A 6-story building with 42 apartments, built in 1915, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

Addresses on the lot: 56 to 64 Ft Washington Avenue.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

10open HPD violations7 hazardous
36complaints to HPD, past year33 about heat or hot water
28rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2018
August 2022latest housing court case9 cases on record, all years

56 Ft Washington Avenue has 10 open HPD violations. Tenants made 36 complaints to HPD in the past year, 33 about heat or hot water. It is registered to FORT WASHINGTON ESTATES LLC. 28 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018.

Does 56 Ft Washington Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 10 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most0
B, hazardous30 days7
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days3

No class C violation is open. 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments have one. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 15 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 36 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 33 of them 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.

Who owns 56 Ft Washington Avenue?

56 Ft Washington Avenue is registered with HPD to FORT WASHINGTON ESTATES 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 2022. HPD’s record has 9 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 34% of residential buildings in 10032 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 56 Ft Washington Avenue rent stabilized?

28 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018. That’s 28 of the building’s 42 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 28, 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 1-02137-0052.