700 Esplanade Gdns Plaza
A 27-story building with 584 apartments, built in 1966, in Manhattan, NY 10039.
Addresses on the lot: 700 to 710 Esplanade Gdns Plaza, 720 to 726 Lenox Avenue.
HPD records as of October 27, 2026
700 Esplanade Gdns Plaza has 1,350 open HPD violations, 273 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1,090 complaints to HPD in the past year, 579 about heat or hot water. It is registered to ESPLANADE GARDENS, INC.
Does 700 Esplanade Gdns Plaza have open violations?
Yes: 1,350 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 | 273 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 793 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 284 |
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, 31 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 1,090 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 579 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 700 Esplanade Gdns Plaza?
700 Esplanade Gdns Plaza is registered with HPD to ESPLANADE GARDENS, INC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
3 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.
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 June 2026. HPD’s record has 31 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.
City marshals carried out 9 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 56% of residential buildings in 10039 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 700 Esplanade Gdns Plaza 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.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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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 1-01744-0001.