226 West 79th Street
Manhattan · Upper West Side (Central), NY 10024
226 West 79th Street is a 5-apartment building in Upper West Side (Central), built in 1894, managed by 226 W 79th St LLC. The City has 58 open housing-code violations on file for it, 28 of them immediately hazardous, about 11.6 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 24 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 2 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 226 W 79th St LLC
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- Units
- 5
- 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.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 2 days from complaint to close, faster than the 4-day neighborhood median.
24tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 12 the year before
58open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 11.6 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 28
- Hazardous
- 18
- Non-hazardous
- 12
What the open repairs are about
- Heat or hot water12
- Other repairs5
- Stairs, floors and ceilings4
- Smoke and CO alarms4
- Electrical3
- Doors, windows and locks3
Housing Court
The City took this building's owner to Housing Court 1 time since October 2023.
A case is a filing, not a finding. Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 226 West 79th Street yet.
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