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81 Orchard Street

A 6-story building with 30 apartments, built in 1910, in Manhattan, NY 10002.

Addresses on the lot: 81 to 83 Orchard Street.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

32open HPD violations5 immediately hazardous
10complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
May 2026latest housing court case6 cases on record, all years

81 Orchard Street has 32 open HPD violations, 5 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 10 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 75 & 81 ORCHARD ASSOCIATES, LLC.

Does 81 Orchard Street have open violations?

Yes: 32 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most5
B, hazardous30 days22
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days5

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 10 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 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 81 Orchard Street?

81 Orchard Street is registered with HPD to 75 & 81 ORCHARD ASSOCIATES, LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in May 2026. HPD’s record has 6 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 10% of residential buildings in 10002 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 81 Orchard 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.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 1-00413-0045.