680 8th Avenue

A 15-story building with 652 apartments, built in 1920, in Manhattan, NY 10036.

Addresses on the lot: 680 to 686 8th Avenue.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

49open HPD violations18 immediately hazardous

465complaints to HPD, past year81 about heat or hot water

650rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

July 2026latest housing court case20 cases on record, all years

680 8th Avenue has 49 open HPD violations, 18 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 465 complaints to HPD in the past year, 81 about heat or hot water. It is registered to BREAKING GROUND HDFC. 650 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 680 8th Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 49 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	18
B, hazardous	30 days	15
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	16

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, 55 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 465 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 81 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 680 8th Avenue?

680 8th Avenue is registered with HPD to BREAKING GROUND HDFC. 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

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in July 2026. HPD’s record has 20 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 17 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 15% of residential buildings in 10036 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 680 8th Avenue rent stabilized?

650 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 646 in 2018. That’s 650 of the building’s 652 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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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 1-01015-0001.