225 West 70th Street
Class B
Class C
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~79% of buildings in this ZIP (9 open)
- Built in 1968 (city records)
About this building
Standing since 1968 inside the West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension. The building’s floor space is 4 times the size of its lot: 22,626 sq ft of building on a 5,723 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 12, 2026.
225 West 70th Street
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- City records show 9 open HPD violations at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 1982 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- We found no DHCR rent-stabilization unit count for this building. That is not the same as the building being market-rate — a registration can be on file with no unit figure, or not have been filed at all. Ask the landlord directly whether the unit is rent-stabilized, and request your own rent history from DHCR.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective masonry lower east wall….
225 West 70th Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10023. The closest subway is 72 St (1,2,3) (2-minute walk), served by the 1, 2, and 3 lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: June 1982 · Most recent: April 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.
- 2026-04-29
- 1982-06-15
- 1982-06-15
- 1982-06-15
- 1982-06-08
- Class B · 6 open · penalty 30 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 3 open · penalty 3 · (1/ea)
- 2026-01-18 · Apt 5C · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2017-02-24 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1968. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 141
- GRAND LARCENY: 118
- HARRASSMENT 2: 87
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 54
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 35
- 2043B BROADWAY
- 2061 BROADWAY
- 216 W 72ND ST
- P.S. 199 Jessie Isador Straus
- Special Music School
- J.H.S. M044 William J. O'Shea
- Special Music School
- J.H.S. M044 William J. O'Shea
- The Anderson School
- Special Music School
- Manhattan Theatre Lab High School
- The Maxine Greene HS for Imaginative Inquiry
- 72 St
- 66 St-Lincoln Center
- 72 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- School Of American Ballet, Inc.
- Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc.
- Vital Theatre Company, Inc.
- Manhattan Star Academy
- Special Music School
- P.s. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus
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 · 35 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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