217 East 59th Street
Manhattan · Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, NY 10022
217 East 59th Street is a 6-apartment building in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, built in 1910, managed by 59 St Realty LLC. The City has 19 open housing-code violations on file for it, 6 of them immediately hazardous, about 3.2 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 10 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 14 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 59 St Realty LLC
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- Units
- 6
- Year built
- 1910
- Neighborhood
- Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
- 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.
10tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 5 the year before
Typically closed in 14 days · neighborhood median is 4
19open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 3.2 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 6
- Hazardous
- 8
- Non-hazardous
- 5
What the open repairs are about
- Leaks, damp or mould5
- Smoke and CO alarms4
- Doors, windows and locks4
- Pests3
- Stairs, floors and ceilings3
- Other repairs1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
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