Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
49
out of 100
Heavier than 98% of buildings in Upper West Side (Central)
15 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, 1 apartment here are rent stabilized.
121 WEST 79TH STREET · 14 apartments · built 1892 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 1 apartment here are rent stabilized
- B/C train about 5 minutes away
Against it
- 15 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
15 violations the city still lists as unresolved
7 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 18 years.
- Water leak4
- Paint / plaster3
- Other3
- Disrepair2
- Heat / hot water1
- Fire & life safety1
- Structural1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 81% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2008-07-01 and remains open on HPD’s records.