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159 West 80th Street

Manhattan · Upper West Side (Central), NY 10024

159 West 80th Street is a 20-apartment building in Upper West Side (Central), built in 1896, managed by Guidance Realty CORP. The City has 56 open housing-code violations on file for it, 15 of them immediately hazardous, about 2.8 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 2 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 1 day (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.

Managed by Guidance Realty CORP

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Units
20
Year built
1896
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.

2.3/5Worse than most nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 1 day from complaint to close, faster than the 4-day neighborhood median.

2tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year

56open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 2.8 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
15
Hazardous
19
Non-hazardous
22

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings30
  • Doors, windows and locks12
  • Leaks, damp or mould6
  • Heat or hot water4
  • Paint and plaster2
  • Other repairs1

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

The company that manages it, elsewhere

Guidance Realty CORP manages 11 other buildings we cover, holding 131 apartments.

open violations
91open violations
immediately hazardous
26immediately hazardous
311 complaints
7311 complaints

in the past year

per apartment
0.7per 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.)

What tenants say

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