Carnegie Hill, Manhattan: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Carnegie Hill, Manhattan, has 1,302 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 783 A, 189 B, 175 C, 117 D and 38 F. The median building has 0.3 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 2 across Manhattan. 2,792 of its 40,074 residential units (7%) are rent-stabilized on the latest Department of Finance tax bills on file. The most common housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months were heat and hot water (505), unsanitary condition (241), and plumbing (120).

Carnegie Hill by the numbers

2,250 residential buildings (40,074 units) on record. 8,888 open HPD violations (1,359 class C, immediately hazardous). 1,122 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 44 executed evictions in 3 years, 492 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 396 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Carnegie Hill

Most open HPD violations per 10 units. Graded rental buildings with 6 or more units; co-ops, condos and NYCHA are left out. Only buildings with an HPD violation issued in the last 24 months or a 311 housing complaint in the last 12 are listed.

  1. 715 Madison Avenue: 223.3 open violations per 10 units (134 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 715 MADISON TIC OWNERS LLC
  2. 4 East 64th Street: 114.3 open violations per 10 units (80 open, 7 units), grade F, owner: 4-6-8 LLC
  3. 164 East 82nd Street: 100.5 open violations per 10 units (201 open, 20 units), grade F, owner: 162-164 82ND APARTMENTS LLC
  4. 170 East 89th Street: 83 open violations per 10 units (83 open, 10 units), grade F, owner: JANHONE REALTY CORP
  5. 1674 3rd Avenue: 82.2 open violations per 10 units (74 open, 9 units), grade F, owner: BRANDVOLD FAMILY ASSOCIATES LLC

Best five in Carnegie Hill

Rental buildings graded A or B with 6 or more units and a current HPD registration, ordered by the housing-code violations HPD issued per 10 units in the last 3 years, then 311 housing complaints per 10 units in the last 12 months, then class C (immediately hazardous) violations issued in 3 years, then the median days HPD took to close a violation in the last 12 months. Size is never a tie-breaker. Co-ops, condos and public housing (NYCHA) are left out. At least 5 years of record. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 1420 3rd Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (8 units, built 1910), grade A, owner: 163-170 EAST 81 ST ASSOC LLC
  2. 168 East 81st Street: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (21 units, built 1910), grade A, owner: 163-170 EAST 81ST STREET ASSOC, LLC
  3. 1424 3rd Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (20 units, built 1925), grade A, owner: 163-170 EAST 81 ST ASSOC LLC
  4. 36 East 60th Street: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (8 units, built 1929), grade A, owner: NY PARK N SALEM INC
  5. 42 East 63rd Street: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (9 units, built 1879), grade B, owner: PATRICIA LANGER, LLC

Largest landlords in Carnegie Hill

By units in Carnegie Hill, among portfolios of 3 or more buildings and 50 or more units citywide. Names are as filed on HPD registrations. How totals are counted. Report an error.

  1. RICHARD F MASON (head officer on HPD registrations): 408 units in 5 buildings
  2. JANE GOLDMAN (head officer on HPD registrations): 323 units in 28 buildings
  3. JEFFREY J FEIL (head officer on HPD registrations): 297 units in 2 buildings
  4. KEVIN BUCKLEY (head officer on HPD registrations): 280 units in 1 building
  5. BURTON WALLACK (head officer on HPD registrations): 267 units in 4 buildings

Nearby neighborhoods

Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.