251 East 49th Street
Manhattan · East Midtown-Turtle Bay, NY 10017
251 East 49th Street is a 2-apartment building in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, built in 1899. The City has 21 open housing-code violations on file for it, one of them immediately hazardous, about 10.5 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 5 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 3 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
The City has no management company registered for this building. That is normal for a small house, which only has to register if the owner does not live there.
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- Units
- 2
- Year built
- 1899
- 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.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 3 days from complaint to close, faster than the 4-day neighborhood median.
5tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year
21open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 10.5 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 1
- Hazardous
- 16
- Non-hazardous
- 4
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings11
- Leaks, damp or mould5
- Smoke and CO alarms3
- Other repairs2
- Pests2
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
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