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172 West 79th Street

Manhattan · Upper West Side (Central), NY 10024

172 West 79th Street is a 97-apartment building in Upper West Side (Central), built in 1935, managed by Century Management. The City has 16 open housing-code violations on file for it, 5 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.16 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 (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.

Managed by Century Management

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Units
97
Year built
1935
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.

3.7/5Better than most 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 2 to 1 year on year.

1tenant complaint

Filed with 311 in the past year · 2 the year before

16open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 0.2 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
5
Hazardous
10
Non-hazardous
1

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings10
  • Leaks, damp or mould4
  • Other repairs1
  • Pests1

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

The company that manages it, elsewhere

Century Management manages 7 other buildings we cover, holding 1,124 apartments.

open violations
32open violations
immediately hazardous
9immediately hazardous
311 complaints
551311 complaints

in the past year

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 28 September 2026.)

What tenants say

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