781 Riverside Drive
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~65% of buildings in this ZIP (36 open)
- 13 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1926) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 12 units registered
About this building
City records list 1926 as the year built — newer than 87% of the 708 buildings we cover in ZIP 10032. Inside the Audubon Park Historic District. The building’s floor space is 4.5 times the size of its lot: 111,052 sq ft of building on a 24,607 sq ft lot. 93 apartments — more than 97% of the 705 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10032 have.
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)
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.
781 Riverside Drive
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- City records show 36 open HPD violations, 13 immediately hazardous (Class C) under 779 Riverside Drive — 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 1994 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 12 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.
- 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: Adm code - correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead….
- 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.
781 Riverside Drive sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10032. The closest subway is 157 St (1) (3-minute walk), served by the 1 and C lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: November 1994 · Most recent: May 2024. 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.
- 2024-05-23 "§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEE…"
- 2024-05-23 "§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEE…"
- 2024-05-23 "§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5…"
- 2024-05-23 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE 1st DOOR FROM SOUTH AT WEST…"
- 2024-05-23 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE EAST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME…"
- Class C · 13 open · penalty 195 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 13 open · penalty 65 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 10 open · penalty 10 · (1/ea)
- Mar 5, 2025 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- Feb 21, 2022 "CYCLE 9A UNSAFE REPORT FILED"
- May 31, 2018 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2017"
9 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.
1 earlier hazard 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 1926). 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.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2024) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 19
- GRAND LARCENY: 11
- PETIT LARCENY: 11
- FELONY ASSAULT: 9
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 7
- Illegal Parking: 404
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 128
- Noise: 77
- PAINT/PLASTER: 76
- Noise - Residential: 59
- 659 W 158TH ST
- 15710 RIVERSIDE DR W
- 15710 RIVERSIDE DR
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- New Heights Academy Charter School
- Community Health Academy of the Heights
- New Heights Academy Charter School
- Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathe
- 157 St
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- National Black Touring Circuit, Inc.
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- Hispanic Society Of America
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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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