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215 East 29th Street

Manhattan · Murray Hill-Kips Bay, NY 10016

215 East 29th Street is a 20-apartment building in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, built in 1936, managed by Empire State Property Management. The City has 14 open housing-code violations on file for it, one of them immediately hazardous, about 0.70 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 13 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 13 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 Empire State Property Management

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Units
20
Year built
1936
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.

2.4/5Worse than most nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

13tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year

Typically closed in 13 days · neighborhood median is 4

14open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 0.7 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
1
Hazardous
10
Non-hazardous
3

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings5
  • Leaks, damp or mould3
  • Doors, windows and locks3
  • Paint and plaster1
  • Pests1
  • Plumbing1

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

The company that manages it, elsewhere

Empire State Property Management manages 11 other buildings we cover, holding 163 apartments.

open violations
115open violations
immediately hazardous
50immediately hazardous
311 complaints
70311 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.)

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