523 East 81st Street
Manhattan · Upper East Side-Yorkville, NY 10028
Also listed by the City as 525 East 81st Street
523 East 81st Street is a 44-apartment building in Upper East Side-Yorkville, built in 1957, managed by Elk 525 East 81st LLC. The City has 66 open housing-code violations on file for it, one of them immediately hazardous, about 1.5 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 53 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 Elk 525 East 81st LLC
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- Units
- 44
- Year built
- 1957
- 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 · 4 the year before
Typically closed in 53 days · neighborhood median is 4
66open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.5 per apartment
1 newly opened since our last check
- Immediately hazardous
- 1
- Hazardous
- 51
- Non-hazardous
- 14
What the open repairs are about
- Doors, windows and locks17
- Stairs, floors and ceilings14
- Smoke and CO alarms12
- Leaks, damp or mould8
- Other repairs6
- Pests5
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
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