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1531 York Avenue

Manhattan · Upper East Side-Yorkville, NY 10028

1531 York Avenue is a 10-apartment building in Upper East Side-Yorkville, built in 1910, managed by General Property Management. The City has 100 open housing-code violations on file for it, 7 of them immediately hazardous, about 10.0 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). One complaint was filed with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 46 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.

Managed by General Property Management

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Units
10
Year built
1910
Borough
Manhattan

This building’s record with the City

Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.

1.0/5Among the worst on record nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

Complaints are down from 4 to 1 year on year.

1tenant complaint

Filed with 311 in the past year · 4 the year before

Typically closed in 46 days · neighborhood median is 5

100open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 10.0 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
7
Hazardous
78
Non-hazardous
15

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings31
  • Smoke and CO alarms15
  • Leaks, damp or mould14
  • Doors, windows and locks14
  • Electrical10
  • Pests9

Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026

The company that manages it, elsewhere

General Property Management manages 6 other buildings we cover, holding 60 apartments.

open violations
57open violations
immediately hazardous
7immediately hazardous
311 complaints
3311 complaints

in the past year

per apartment
0.9per apartment

The company’s record across its other buildings, not this building’s. A company can run one well and another badly, and these figures often predate the current management. (HPD and 311, as of 5 October 2026.)

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