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89 Lenox Avenue

An 11-story building with 161 apartments, built in 1981, in Manhattan, NY 10026.

Addresses on the lot: 81 to 95 Lenox Avenue.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

139open HPD violations51 immediately hazardous
111complaints to HPD, past year21 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
December 2025latest housing court case22 cases on record, all years

89 Lenox Avenue has 139 open HPD violations, 51 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 111 complaints to HPD in the past year, 21 about heat or hot water. It is registered to CHURCH HOME ASSOCIATES.

Does 89 Lenox Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 139 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most51
B, hazardous30 days70
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days18

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

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 9 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 111 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 21 of them 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 89 Lenox Avenue?

89 Lenox Avenue is registered with HPD to CHURCH HOME ASSOCIATES. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in December 2025. HPD’s record has 22 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 4 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 27% of residential buildings in 10026 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 89 Lenox 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.

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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 1-01824-0016.