Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
100
out of 100
Lightest record of any building in Upper East Side-Yorkville
2 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
505 EAST 79TH STREET · 209 apartments · built 1963 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- Q train about 10 minutes away
Against it
- 2 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
Open and hazardous
2 violations the city still lists as unresolved
2 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 19 years.
- Fire & life safety2
A typical building of 50 or more apartments has 7. This one has more than 32% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2007-09-10 and remains open on HPD’s records.