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85 Christopher Street

A 6-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1872, in Manhattan, NY 10014.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

8open HPD violations5 immediately hazardous
9complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water
15rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
September 2025latest housing court case5 cases on record, all years

85 Christopher Street has 8 open HPD violations, 5 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 9 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to CHRISTOPHER ST ASSOCIATES INC. 15 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 85 Christopher Street have open violations?

Yes: 8 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 days2
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days1

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 9 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 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 85 Christopher Street?

85 Christopher Street is registered with HPD to CHRISTOPHER ST ASSOCIATES INC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in September 2025. HPD’s record has 5 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, 3% of residential buildings in 10014 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 85 Christopher Street rent stabilized?

15 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 15 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 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 1-00619-0081.