Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
100
out of 100
Lightest record of any building in East Midtown-Turtle Bay
66 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 28 apartments here are rent stabilized.
686 THIRD AVENUE · 28 apartments · built 1930 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 28 apartments here are rent stabilized
- 4/5/6/7/S train about 2 minutes away
Against it
- 66 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
66 violations the city still lists as unresolved
66 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 25 years.
- Other14
- Structural13
- Paint / plaster11
- Disrepair10
- Plumbing7
- Fire & life safety4
- Refuse / sanitation2
- Pests2
- Water leak2
- Heat / hot water1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 91% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2001-05-21 and remains open on HPD’s records.