Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
38
out of 100
Heaviest record of any building in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
81 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
23 EAST 81ST STREET · 7 apartments · built 1907 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- 6 train about 8 minutes away
Against it
- 81 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 1% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
81 violations the city still lists as unresolved
81 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 13 months.
- Pests20
- Paint / plaster19
- Fire & life safety13
- Plumbing11
- Disrepair8
- Gas3
- Other2
- Refuse / sanitation1
- Electrical1
- Water leak1
- Heat / hot water1
- Lead paint1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 98% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2008-06-25 and remains open on HPD’s records.