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870 Riverside Drive

A 6-story building with 36 apartments, built in 1920, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

Addresses on the lot: 866 to 878 Riverside Drive.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

23open HPD violations11 immediately hazardous
8complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years3 older

870 Riverside Drive has 23 open HPD violations, 11 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 8 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 870 RIVERSIDE DRIVE HDFC.

Does 870 Riverside Drive have open violations?

Yes: 23 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most11
B, hazardous30 days6
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days6

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 October 28, 2026, 1 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 870 Riverside Drive?

870 Riverside Drive is registered with HPD to 870 RIVERSIDE DRIVE HDFC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 3 older cases, the latest from 2010.

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

For comparison, 34% of residential buildings in 10032 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 870 Riverside Drive 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 28, 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 1-02136-0036.