Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
88
out of 100
Heavier than 75% of buildings in East Midtown-Turtle Bay
24 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, 8 apartments here are rent stabilized.
959 SECOND AVENUE · 16 apartments · built 1915 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 8 apartments here are rent stabilized
- 6/E/F/M train about 4 minutes away
Against it
- 24 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
24 violations the city still lists as unresolved
24 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 19 years.
- Disrepair9
- Heat / hot water5
- Electrical3
- Other2
- Structural2
- Fire & life safety2
- Refuse / sanitation1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 88% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2007-08-28 and remains open on HPD’s records.