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Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · BIN 1025396 · Hell's Kitchen · Last violation Jun 18, 2026 · Last complaint Apr 30, 2026

NeighborhoodHell's Kitchen
More violations than 100% of nearby buildings
More violations than 100% of buildings and more complaints than 100% of buildings in Hell's Kitchen. Size-normalized against residential buildings in the neighborhood for issues in the last 10 years.
ViolationsComplaints
Activity TrendsLast 5 years
More activity recently than in past years
Last 2 yrs: 152 violations · 137 complaints
'21'26ViolationsComplaints
▼ View all activity over time
Severityⓘopen violations
35 immediately hazardous (Class C) violations still open
Class C violations include lead paint, mold, pest infestations, heat/hot water failure, and structural hazards — the most serious category.
Class Cimmediately hazardous35Class Bhazardous14

What to watch forⓘ

  1. Hazardous violations are open, including heat and hot water, fire safety, and mold and pests.
    Worth checking · AI-assistedⓘ
    Turn on the heat and hot water in the kitchen and bathroom; feel whether they warm up within a minute or two. Look at the hallways, stairwell, and any fire escape for clutter, locked doors, or anything blocking the path. Inspect the kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom closets for droppings, dead insects, or live rodents.
    details ▸

    Deadlines vary by condition: immediate for heat and hot water, 14 days for self-closing doors, 21 days for lead paint, window guards, mold, and mice, cockroaches or rats, and 24 hours for everything else. They run from the date the owner is served, and mark when civil penalties can be sought in Housing Court. They are not a promise the condition is fixed by then. If the owner does not fix it, HPD can send its own contractor and bill them.

    • —Heat / hot water — Lack of heat, hot water, or heating system related issues affecting tenants.
    • —Safety & fire — Blocked, unsafe, or inaccessible exits, hallways, stairs, or fire escape routes.
Housing Preservation & Development Violations
Total violations since 2008
176
9 per year avg.↑ Up 2940% in the last 2 years (152 vs 5 prior 2 yrs)
Open violations
60
Class C (immed. haz.)ⓘ35
Class B (hazardous)ⓘ14
Rent-impairingⓘ15
Housing Preservation & Development Complaints
Total complaints since 2004
181
8 per year avg.↑ Up 552% in the last 2 years (137 vs 21 prior 2 yrs)
Complaint Resolution
No access28%Violation issued19%No violation23%Phone resolved30%Other1%(181)
Urgency breakdown
Last 12 mo.

Top violation categories

5 yrsAll time
Heat And Hot Waterⓘ43 violations
Egressⓘ37 violations
Maintenanceⓘ19 violations
Extermination & Rodent Eradicationⓘ12 violations
Kitchen And Kitchenettesⓘ11 violations
Cleaningⓘ8 violations
Gas Appliancesⓘ7 violations
Carbon Monoxide Detecting Devicesⓘ7 violations
Top complaint groupsⓘ
5 yrsAll time
Heat / hot waterⓘ68 complaints
Mold & pestsⓘ21 complaints
Electricalⓘ17 complaints
Safety & fireⓘ17 complaints
Water & plumbingⓘ11 complaints
Appliancesⓘ10 complaints
Bldg maintenanceⓘ8 complaints
Adminⓘ2 complaints
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Violation log

116 violations · Close

All classesClass AClass BClass CClass IAllOpenClosed
ClassStatusApt
See something wrong? File a complaint with 311
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Mold & pests — Rodent, cockroach, bedbug, or other pest infestation and extermination related issues.

The violation list below shows which conditions are open and when each was cited. If one in your own apartment is still unaddressed, call 311.

  • NYC HPD, ABCs of Housing 2024 (Tenants' Guide) — violation classes
  • NYC HPD, Penalties and Fees — correction deadlines
  • Lead-paint violations on record.
    Worth checking · AI-assistedⓘ
    Look for paint that is peeling, chipped, or cracked on interior walls, trim, windows, doors, and door frames.
    details ▸

    Buildings built before 1960 may still contain lead-based paint, which causes behavioral and learning problems in young children, who can swallow dust and paint chips from windowsills and floors.

    If a child under six lives with you, or spends 10 or more hours a week in your apartment, tell the owner in writing, which is what obliges them to inspect annually. Report peeling paint, and call 311 if it is not fixed or if repair work is raising dust that is not being contained.

    • NYC HPD, ABCs of Housing 2024 (Tenants' Guide)
  • Detector violations on record.
    Worth checking · AI-assistedⓘ
    Locate smoke detectors on the ceiling near bedrooms and in hallways, and ask the broker whether carbon monoxide detectors are present in the unit.
    details ▸

    Responsibility is split: the owner provides, installs, and replaces the detectors, while the tenant tests them monthly and replaces the batteries. An open violation means the owner has not yet certified to HPD that the condition was fixed, so a device may still be missing or dead at move-in. A tenant reimburses the owner for a newly installed device, $25 for a smoke or carbon monoxide detector and $50 for a combined unit, and is responsible for replacing one that goes missing or is damaged during the tenancy.

    On a viewing, look for a smoke alarm within fifteen feet of the door of each room used for sleeping, on the ceiling or just below it on the wall, and a carbon monoxide alarm at any height, including one plugged into a hallway outlet. Press the test button, and check that none have been painted over. A chirping alarm usually means a low battery, which is the tenant's to replace, but detectors also sound a separate end-of-life alarm when the device itself has to be replaced by the owner.

    • NYC HPD, ABCs of Housing 2024 (Tenants' Guide) — the requirement
    • NYC HPD, Smoke, Carbon Monoxide, and Natural Gas Detectors — responsibilities, placement, and reimbursement
    • Open violation ages
    ▪ 30–90 days2% (1)
    ▪ 3–12 months83% (48)
    ▪ 1–3 years16% (9)
    Prior 4 yr.
    Immed. Emergency4%2%
    Emergency65%64%
    Non-Emergency31%34%
    (114)
    (53)
    Issued
    Description
    Class BClosedAApr 14, 2022REPAIR OR REPLACE SMOKE DETECTOR · SMOKE DETECTING DEVICES§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT A, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class CClosedAApr 14, 2022ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATIONHMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT A, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class CClosedAApr 14, 2022ABATE THE NUISANCE · MAINTENANCE§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM EGRESS WINDOW OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT BSMT-APT A, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class BClosed2BFeb 2, 2022REMOVE BARS OR GATES FROM FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW · EGRESS§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st BEDROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY
    Class BClosed2BFeb 2, 2022MAKE DOORS SELF-CLOSING · EGRESS§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE TO THE APT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class BClosed2BFeb 2, 2022REPAIR · MAINTENANCE§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class CClosed—Aug 30, 2021POST BOILER ROOM ACCESS NOTICE · HEAT AND HOT WATER§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM MISSING AT 1ST STORY AT PUBLIC HALL
    Class CClosedAAug 26, 2021MAKE DOORS SELF-CLOSING · EGRESS§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT BSMT-APT A, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class AClosedAAug 26, 2021TRACE & REPAIR THE SOURCE & ABATE THE…MOLD · CLEANING§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... (5 SQUARE FEET) AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT A, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class AClosed—Jun 21, 2017FILE CERTIFICATION SMOKE DETECTOR - DO NOT USE, RULE REVISED · RETIREDD26-20.08,20.09 ADM CODE FILE CERTIFICATION OF SATISFACTORY INSTALLATION OF SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH H.P.D. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
    Class BClosed4BApr 13, 2016REPAIR OR REPLACE SMOKE DETECTOR · SMOKE DETECTING DEVICESD26-20.08 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE 5TH STY REAR WEST APT 4B MR DAVIES. LOCATED AT APT 4B
    Class CClosedRENT IMPAIRING1AMay 27, 2014INADEQUATE HOT WATER · HEAT AND HOT WATER§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
    Class AClosed4BJun 12, 2008SECURE LOOSE MATTER · MAINTENANCED26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE DOOR KNOB AT ENTRANCE TO 5TH STY REAR WEST APT 4B. LOCATED AT APT 4B
    Class AClosed4BJun 12, 2008REPAIR · MAINTENANCED26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW SILL 5TH STY REAR WEST APT 4B REAR ROOM EAST WINDOW. LOCATED AT APT 4B
    Class BClosed4BJun 12, 2008REMOVE BARS OR GATES FROM FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW · EGRESSD26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE 5TH STY REAR WEST APT 4B. LOCATED AT APT 4B
    Class BClosed4BJun 12, 2008MAKE DOORS SELF-CLOSING · EGRESSD26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ENTRANCE TO 5TH STY REAR WEST APT 4B. LOCATED AT APT 4B
    Class BClosed
    Apr 14, 2022Apt A
    REPAIR OR REPLACE SMOKE DETECTOR · SMOKE DETECTING DEVICES
    § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT A, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class CClosed
    Apr 14, 2022Apt A
    ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATION
    HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT A, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class CClosed
    Apr 14, 2022Apt A
    ABATE THE NUISANCE · MAINTENANCE
    § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM EGRESS WINDOW OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT BSMT-APT A, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class BClosed
    Feb 2, 2022Apt 2B
    REMOVE BARS OR GATES FROM FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW · EGRESS
    § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st BEDROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY
    Class BClosed
    Feb 2, 2022Apt 2B
    MAKE DOORS SELF-CLOSING · EGRESS
    § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE TO THE APT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class BClosed
    Feb 2, 2022Apt 2B
    REPAIR · MAINTENANCE
    § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class CClosed
    Aug 30, 2021
    POST BOILER ROOM ACCESS NOTICE · HEAT AND HOT WATER
    § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM MISSING AT 1ST STORY AT PUBLIC HALL
    Class CClosed
    Aug 26, 2021Apt A
    MAKE DOORS SELF-CLOSING · EGRESS
    § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT BSMT-APT A, 1st BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class AClosed
    Aug 26, 2021Apt A
    TRACE & REPAIR THE SOURCE & ABATE THE…MOLD · CLEANING
    § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... (5 SQUARE FEET) AT NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT A, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class AClosed
    Jun 21, 2017
    FILE CERTIFICATION SMOKE DETECTOR - DO NOT USE, RULE REVISED · RETIRED
    D26-20.08,20.09 ADM CODE FILE CERTIFICATION OF SATISFACTORY INSTALLATION OF SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH H.P.D. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
    Class BClosed
    Apr 13, 2016Apt 4B
    REPAIR OR REPLACE SMOKE DETECTOR · SMOKE DETECTING DEVICES
    D26-20.08 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE 5TH STY REAR WEST APT 4B MR DAVIES. LOCATED AT APT 4B
    Class CClosedRENT IMPAIRING
    May 27, 2014Apt 1A
    INADEQUATE HOT WATER · HEAT AND HOT WATER
    § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
    Class AClosed
    Jun 12, 2008Apt 4B
    SECURE LOOSE MATTER · MAINTENANCE
    D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE DOOR KNOB AT ENTRANCE TO 5TH STY REAR WEST APT 4B. LOCATED AT APT 4B
    Class AClosed
    Jun 12, 2008Apt 4B
    REPAIR · MAINTENANCE
    D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW SILL 5TH STY REAR WEST APT 4B REAR ROOM EAST WINDOW. LOCATED AT APT 4B
    Class BClosed
    Jun 12, 2008Apt 4B
    REMOVE BARS OR GATES FROM FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW · EGRESS
    D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE 5TH STY REAR WEST APT 4B. LOCATED AT APT 4B
    Class BClosed
    Jun 12, 2008Apt 4B
    MAKE DOORS SELF-CLOSING · EGRESS
    D26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ENTRANCE TO 5TH STY REAR WEST APT 4B. LOCATED AT APT 4B
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