212 West 79th Street
Manhattan · Upper West Side (Central), NY 10024
212 West 79th Street is a 12-apartment building in Upper West Side (Central), built in 1894, managed by Fairline Management. The City has 22 open housing-code violations on file for it, 5 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.8 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 5 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 6 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 Fairline Management
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- Units
- 12
- Year built
- 1894
- Neighborhood
- Upper West Side (Central)
- 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.
5tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year
Typically closed in 6 days · neighborhood median is 4
22open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.8 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 5
- Hazardous
- 8
- Non-hazardous
- 9
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings9
- Leaks, damp or mould3
- Doors, windows and locks2
- Paint and plaster1
- Heat or hot water1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
The company that manages it, elsewhere
Fairline Management manages 9 other buildings we cover, holding 202 apartments.
- open violations
- 137open violations
- immediately hazardous
- 26immediately hazardous
- 311 complaints
- 16311 complaints
- per apartment
- 0.7per apartment
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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