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85 8th Avenue

A 6-story building with 117 apartments, built in 1973, in Manhattan, NY 10011.

Addresses on the lot: 85 to 101 8th Avenue.

HPD records as of November 1, 2026

79open HPD violations7 immediately hazardous
5complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
8rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years5 older

85 8th Avenue has 79 open HPD violations, 7 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 85 8TH AVENUE OWNER CORP. 8 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 85 8th Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 79 open violations as of November 1, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most7
B, hazardous30 days40
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days32

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 1, 2026, none 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.

Who owns 85 8th Avenue?

85 8th Avenue is registered with HPD to 85 8TH AVENUE OWNER CORP. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 5 older cases, the latest from 2012.

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

For comparison, 6% of residential buildings in 10011 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 85 8th Avenue rent stabilized?

8 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 9 in 2018. That’s 8 of the building’s 117 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 1, 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 1-00738-7501.