227 East 89th Street
Manhattan · Upper East Side-Yorkville, NY 10128
227 East 89th Street is a 20-apartment building in Upper East Side-Yorkville, built in 1920, managed by Safeguard Realty MGMT, INC. The City has 8 open housing-code violations on file for it, 3 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.40 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 3 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 67 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 Safeguard Realty MGMT, INC
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- Units
- 20
- Year built
- 1920
- Neighborhood
- Upper East Side-Yorkville
- 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.
3tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 3 the year before
Typically closed in 67 days · neighborhood median is 5
8open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 0.4 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 3
- Hazardous
- 5
- Non-hazardous
- 0
What the open repairs are about
- Leaks, damp or mould3
- Electrical2
- Doors, windows and locks1
- Heat or hot water1
- Pests1
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
The company that manages it, elsewhere
Safeguard Realty MGMT, INC manages 4 other buildings we cover, holding 16 apartments.
- open violations
- 14open violations
- immediately hazardous
- 3immediately hazardous
- per apartment
- 0.9per 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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