870 5th Avenue

A 20-story building with 94 apartments, built in 1949, in Manhattan, NY 10065.

Addresses on the lot: 870 to 872 5th Avenue.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

168open HPD violations11 immediately hazardous

0complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

870 5th Avenue has 168 open HPD violations, 11 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 870 FIFTH AVENUE CORPORATION.

Does 870 5th Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 168 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	11
B, hazardous	30 days	125
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	32

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 1 has been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 870 5th Avenue?

870 5th Avenue is registered with HPD to 870 FIFTH AVENUE CORPORATION. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2005.

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

For comparison, 6% of residential buildings in 10065 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 870 5th Avenue 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.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

Score this building

The address check reads the latest complaints and violations and scores the building, the landlord, the noise on the block and the walk to the subway. On a StreetEasy listing, the Chrome extension adds light for the floor and value for the rent.

Buildings nearby

HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 27, 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 1-01383-0001.