946 1st Avenue

A 5-story building with 24 apartments, built in 1900, in Manhattan, NY 10022.

Addresses on the lot: 946 to 948 1st Avenue.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

50open HPD violations14 immediately hazardous

4complaints to HPD, past year4 about heat or hot water

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

April 2024latest housing court case2 cases on record, all years

946 1st Avenue has 50 open HPD violations, 14 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 4 complaints to HPD in the past year, 4 about heat or hot water. It is registered to EL-KAM REALTY.

Does 946 1st Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 50 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	14
B, hazardous	30 days	23
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	13

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 4 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 4 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.

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

Who owns 946 1st Avenue?

946 1st Avenue is registered with HPD to EL-KAM REALTY. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

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

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in April 2024. HPD’s record has 2 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, 7% of residential buildings in 10022 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 946 1st 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

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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 1-01364-0001.