524 East 72nd Street
Top insights
- 11 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built in 1989 (city records)
About this building
The building’s floor space is 6.1 times the size of its lot: 154,610 sq ft of building on a 25,542 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 14, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
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524 East 72nd Street
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- City records show 17 open HPD violations, 11 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 2016 — 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: Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling….
- 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.
524 East 72 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10021. The closest subway is 72 St (Q) (7-minute walk), served by the M and Q lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: November 2016 · Most recent: August 2020. 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.
- 2020-08-13 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE KITC…"
- 2020-08-13 "§ 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL W…"
- 2020-08-13 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 3rd…"
- 2020-08-13 "§ 27-2005, 2006, 2037 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR AND ABATE UNSAFE ELECTRIC WIRING CONDITION CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL W…"
- 2020-08-13 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE PRIV…"
- Class C · 11 open · penalty 165 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 6 open · penalty 30 · (5/ea)
- Jun 23, 2024 "FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 IN 2023"
- May 3, 2024 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- May 2, 2023 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1989, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- GRAND LARCENY: 16
- PETIT LARCENY: 12
- HARRASSMENT 2: 6
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 4
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 2
- Illegal Parking: 40
- Noise: 12
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 10
- Taxi Complaint: 6
- Lost Property: 6
- 530 EAST 72 STREET
- 530 EAST 72 STREET
- 515 EAST 72 STREET
- P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor
- P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson
- Ella Baker School
- Yorkville East Middle School
- Ella Baker School
- J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner
- Eleanor Roosevelt High School
- Vanguard High School
- Manhattan International High School
- 72 St
- Roosevelt Island
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Russian American Cultural Center
- Southwest Promenade
- P.s./I.s. 217 Roosevelt Island
- Manhattan Park Lawn
- Child School (The) - Legacy Hs
- Cornell Univ Medical Campus
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
- 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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