Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, has 1,017 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 323 A, 178 B, 176 C, 178 D and 162 F. The median building has 3.1 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 2 across Manhattan. 13,212 of its 40,447 residential units (33%) 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 (1,955), unsanitary condition (995), and plumbing (537).

Hell's Kitchen by the numbers

1,074 residential buildings (40,447 units) on record. 14,854 open HPD violations (2,968 class C, immediately hazardous). 4,649 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 337 executed evictions in 3 years, 318 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 506 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Hell's Kitchen

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. 682 9th Avenue: 185.7 open violations per 10 units (130 open, 7 units), grade F, owner: M J W 47 LLC
  2. 740 10th Avenue: 184.3 open violations per 10 units (129 open, 7 units), grade F, owner: TIP TOP TENTH AVE MANAGEMENT INC
  3. 334 West 46th Street: 165 open violations per 10 units (99 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: W 46 LLC
  4. 722 10th Avenue: 142.2 open violations per 10 units (128 open, 9 units), grade F, owner: 722-724 TENTH AVENUE HOLDING LLC
  5. 738 10th Avenue: 103.3 open violations per 10 units (62 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: TIP TOP TENTH AVE MANAGEMENT INC

Best five in Hell's Kitchen

Fewest open HPD violations per 10 units, then highest score and most units. The same rule as the worst five, recently active buildings only. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 550 West 43rd Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 106 units), grade A
  2. 510 West 46th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 85 units), grade A, owner: VILLAGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP (City program owner (HDFC))
  3. 554 West 46th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 59 units), grade A, owner: The Westline Realty LLC
  4. 341 West 51st Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 40 units), grade A, owner: 341 WEST 51 LLC
  5. 578 9th Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 38 units), grade A, owner: 9TH AVE BH LLC

Largest landlords in Hell's Kitchen

By units in Hell's Kitchen, 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. PHIL G LAVOIE (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,500 units in 5 buildings
  2. JONATHAN DURST (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,387 units in 8 buildings
  3. CHRISTOPHER SCHMIDT (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,185 units in 2 buildings
  4. Thomas Cyganovich (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,166 units in 1 building
  5. KAMRAN T ELGHANAYAN (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,028 units in 1 building

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.