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78 East 127th Street

A 6-story building with 24 apartments, built in 1909, in Manhattan, NY 10035.

Addresses on the lot: 78 to 80 East 127th Street.

HPD records as of November 2, 2026

76open HPD violations15 immediately hazardous
8complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

78 East 127th Street has 76 open HPD violations, 15 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 78 80 EAST 127ST HDFC.

Does 78 East 127th Street have open violations?

Yes: 76 open violations as of November 2, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most15
B, hazardous30 days47
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days14

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 2 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 2, 2026, 2 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 78 East 127th Street?

78 East 127th Street is registered with HPD to 78 80 EAST 127ST HDFC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

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 no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 18% of residential buildings in 10035 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 78 East 127th Street 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.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 2, 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 1-01751-0041.