219 West 81st Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Sep 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~87% of buildings in this ZIP (30 open)
- 6 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (5 vs ~1)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1912) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 28 of 114 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 8.4 times the size of its lot: 157,166 sq ft of building on an 18,654 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 29, 2026.
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
219 West 81st Street
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- City records show 30 open HPD violations, 6 immediately hazardous (Class C) under 2260 Broadway — the address HPD files this building’s records under, not the address on this page. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2006 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 28 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Rcny repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting….
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
219 West 81st Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10024. The closest subway is 79 St (1) (2-minute walk), served by the 1 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: October 2006 · Most recent: July 2026. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 2026-07-08
- 2026-07-08
- 2026-07-08
- 2026-07-08
- 2026-07-08
- 2026-03-30
- 2023-07-19
- Class C · 6 open · penalty 90 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 12 open · penalty 60 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 12 open · penalty 12 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-29 · Apt 7J · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-06-29 · Apt 7J · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-06-29 · Apt 7J · EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2023-01-03
- 2018-06-11
- 2018-05-31 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2017"
- 2018-04-06 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT"
1 open lead-paint hazard violation on record (most recent 2019). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960 (this building: built 1912). The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 267
- HARRASSMENT 2: 142
- GRAND LARCENY: 91
- SEX CRIMES: 62
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 41
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 119
- Illegal Parking: 72
- Noise - Commercial: 58
- Traffic Signal Condition: 38
- Noise: 37
- 2263 BROADWAY
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- 2248 BROADWAY
- P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
- P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson
- M.S. 243 Center School
- P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
- M.S. 243 Center School
- Success Academy Charter School - Upper West
- P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
- The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers
- The Global Learning Collaborative
- 79 St
- 86 St
- 81 St-Museum of Natural History
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Silent Cinema Presentations, Inc.
- Center At West Park, Inc.
- Music In The Center
- P.s. 087 William Sherman
- Children's Museum Of Manhattan
- Vital Theatre Company, Inc.
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Astound Broadband Cable Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 50 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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