224 East 53rd Street
Manhattan · East Midtown-Turtle Bay, NY 10022
224 East 53rd Street is a 3-apartment building in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, built in 1900, managed by Empire Management. The City has 35 open housing-code violations on file for it, 19 of them immediately hazardous, about 11.7 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, which the City closed in a median of 122 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 Management
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- Units
- 3
- Year built
- 1900
- Neighborhood
- East Midtown-Turtle Bay
- 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.
Complaints are down from 4 to 1 year on year.
1tenant complaint
Filed with 311 in the past year · 4 the year before
Typically closed in 122 days · neighborhood median is 4
35open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 11.7 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 19
- Hazardous
- 13
- Non-hazardous
- 3
What the open repairs are about
- Heat or hot water16
- Smoke and CO alarms5
- Doors, windows and locks4
- Electrical3
- Stairs, floors and ceilings3
- Other repairs3
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
The company that manages it, elsewhere
Empire Management manages 6 other buildings we cover, holding 188 apartments.
- open violations
- 192open violations
- immediately hazardous
- 32immediately hazardous
- 311 complaints
- 32311 complaints
- per apartment
- 1.0per 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 5 October 2026.)
What tenants say
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