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79 East 125th Street

A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1900, in Manhattan, NY 10035.

HPD records as of November 2, 2026

23open HPD violations13 immediately hazardous
8complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
16rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years4 older

79 East 125th Street has 23 open HPD violations, 13 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to NEIGHBORHOOD RENEWAL HDFc. 16 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 79 East 125th Street have open violations?

Yes: 23 open violations as of November 2, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most13
B, hazardous30 days8
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days2

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 2, 2026, none 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 79 East 125th Street?

79 East 125th Street is registered with HPD to NEIGHBORHOOD RENEWAL HDFc. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

At least 50 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 4 older cases, the latest from 2018.

It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.

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 79 East 125th Street rent stabilized?

16 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2020. That’s 16 of the building’s 20 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 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 1-01750-0032.