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226 West 20th Street

Manhattan · Chelsea-Hudson Yards, NY 10011

226 West 20th Street is a 52-apartment building in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, built in 1920, managed by Housing Development Fund Corporation. The City has 31 open housing-code violations on file for it, 4 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.60 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 80 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 8 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 Housing Development Fund Corporation

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Units
52
Year built
1920
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.

80tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 12 the year before

Typically closed in 8 days · neighborhood median is 5

31open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 0.6 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
4
Hazardous
23
Non-hazardous
4

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings8
  • Smoke and CO alarms4
  • Leaks, damp or mould3
  • Pests3
  • Plumbing2
  • Other repairs2

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

The company that manages it, elsewhere

Housing Development Fund Corporation manages 3 other buildings we cover, holding 34 apartments.

open violations
256open violations
immediately hazardous
17immediately hazardous
per apartment
7.5per 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.)

What tenants say

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