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486 9th Avenue

Manhattan · Chelsea-Hudson Yards, NY 10018

486 9th Avenue is an 18-apartment building in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, built in 1940, managed by 486 Ninth Avenue, LLC. The City has 34 open housing-code violations on file for it, 5 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.9 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 12 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 37 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 486 Ninth Avenue, LLC

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Units
18
Year built
1940
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.

1.2/5Among the worst on record nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

12tenant complaints

Filed with 311 in the past year · 16 the year before

Typically closed in 37 days · neighborhood median is 5

34open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 1.9 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
5
Hazardous
22
Non-hazardous
7

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings10
  • Doors, windows and locks9
  • Electrical5
  • Smoke and CO alarms5
  • Other repairs3
  • Rubbish and cleanliness2

Housing Court

Tenants took this building's owner to Housing Court 2 times 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 Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.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 486 9th Avenue yet.

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