344 West 72nd Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~94% of buildings in this ZIP (146 open)
- 20 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (5 vs ~3)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1904) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 1 of 147 units
About this building
City records list 1904 as the year built — older than 70% of the 30 buildings we cover in ZIP 10023. Inside the West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension. Individually designated a New York City landmark. The building’s floor space is 10.3 times the size of its lot: 199,502 sq ft of building on a 19,425 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 14, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
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.
344 West 72nd Street
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- City records show 146 open HPD violations, 20 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 2015 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 1 rent-stabilized unit here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- City Buildings Department records show an open life-safety condition (e.g. unsafe building / hazardous facade) — what is it, and has it actually been resolved, not just re-filed?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical….
- 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.
344 West 72 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10023. The closest subway is 72 St (1,2,3) (5-minute walk), served by the 1, 2, and 3 lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: February 2015 · Most recent: October 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.
- 2026-10-05 "§ 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL W…"
- 2026-10-05 "§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET IN THE 1s…"
- 2026-10-05 "§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT WASH BASIN IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT…"
- 2026-10-05 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT ENTRANCE DOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST A…"
- 2026-10-05 "§ 27-2014 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT ALL CO…"
- 2025-08-18
- 2025-08-18
- 2022-07-22
- 2022-06-16
- 2022-01-06
- Class C · 20 open · penalty 300 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 87 open · penalty 435 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 39 open · penalty 39 · (1/ea)
- 2025-12-12 · Apt NORTHT · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · SAFETY
- 2025-12-12 · Apt 8AH · NON EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2025-12-12 · Apt 8AH · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-03-03
- Aug 1, 2024 "FAILURE TO CORRECT SWARMP CONDITIONS"
- Feb 9, 2024 "CYCLE 9C UNSAFE REPORT FILED"
- Oct 4, 2023 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
7 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2024). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
11 earlier hazards cited and remediated.
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 1904). 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
- GRAND LARCENY: 8
- PETIT LARCENY: 7
- HARRASSMENT 2: 6
- BURGLARY: 6
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 2
- Illegal Parking: 238
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 80
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 45
- PLUMBING: 36
- GENERAL: 32
- 11 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
- 205 WEST END AVENUE
- 271 WEST 72 STREET
- P.S. 199 Jessie Isador Straus
- Special Music School
- P.S. 087 William Sherman
- 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
- 79 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Manhattan Star Academy
- P.s. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus
- Ballet Ambassadors, Inc.
- Verdi Square
- West End Day School
- Harmonia Opera 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 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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