301 East 79th Street
Top insights
- 1 open hazardous (Class C) violation
- Built in 1974 (city records)
About this building
The building’s floor space is 15 times the size of its lot: 425,743 sq ft of building on a 28,401 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 15, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
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(311 complaints)
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301 East 79th Street
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- City records show 8 open HPD violations, 1 immediately hazardous (Class C) 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 2010 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location….
- 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.
301 East 79 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10075. The closest subway is 77 St (6) (6-minute walk), served by the 4, 5, 6, and Q lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: April 2010 · Most recent: March 2023. 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.
- 2023-03-24 "§ 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY…"
- 2023-03-24 "§ 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVA…"
- 2023-03-24 "§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNAT…"
- 2023-03-24 "§ 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMIS…"
- 2010-04-26 "SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY…"
- Class C · 1 open · penalty 15 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 3 open · penalty 15 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 4 open · penalty 4 · (1/ea)
- 2025-12-01 · Apt 24C · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-06-06 · Apt 18M · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-02-04
- Sep 15, 2017 "VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2016 INSPECTION/TEST"
- Mar 22, 2017 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- Feb 8, 2017 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1974. 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: 52
- GRAND LARCENY: 25
- HARRASSMENT 2: 19
- BURGLARY: 7
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 7
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 140
- Noise - Residential: 87
- Illegal Parking: 77
- Street Condition: 57
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 49
- 308 EAST 79 STREET
- BROADWAY
- 350 EAST 79 STREET
- P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
- P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor
- P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake
- J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner
- Yorkville East Middle School
- P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy
- Eleanor Roosevelt High School
- P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy
- Vanguard High School
- 77 St
- 86 St
- 72 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Birch Wathen Lenox School
- Caedmon School
- P.s. 158 Bayard Taylor
- Philoctetes Center, Inc.
- Yorkville Library
- J.h.s. 167 Robert F. Wagner
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 Fiber 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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