Worst buildings in Midtown, Manhattan

32 East 38th Street has the most open HPD violations per 10 units of any graded rental building with 6 or more units in Midtown: 168.3 per 10 units, 101 open in all, 16 of them class C.

Graded rental buildings with 6 or more units, ranked by open NYC HPD housing code violations per 10 units, the same rule as the citywide list. Co-ops, condos and public housing (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. Class C means immediately hazardous. Records as of Oct 26, 2026.

#	Address	Units	Open per 10 units	Open violations	Grade	Owner
1	32 East 38th Street	6	168.3	101 (16 class C)	F	Not on file
2	47 West 55th Street	8	73.8	59 (10 class C)	D	AH 55TH STREET OWNER LLC
3	130 West 58th Street	8	51.3	41 (1 class C)	D	WEST 58TH ST REALTY LLC
4	19 West 55th Street	28	48.2	135 (43 class C)	F	19 W 55 LLC
5	854 7th Avenue	9	44.4	40 (17 class C)	F	854 SEVENTH ASSOCIATES LLC
6	140 West 46th Street	8	42.5	34 (6 class C)	F	BEKIM FERIT CORP
7	152 West 44th Street	8	41.3	33 (14 class C)	D	KING DAVID DEVELOPMENT CO LP
8	936 8th Avenue	8	40	32 (11 class C)	D	936 8TH AVENUE COMPANY LLC
9	204 West 55th Street	48	38.3	184 (16 class C)	F	204 WEST 55 STREET LLC
10	146 West 46th Street	6	38.3	23 (0 class C)	D	MKY REALTOR CORP
11	236 West 52nd Street	16	35.6	57 (13 class C)	F	236-238 W. 52ND ST LLC
12	244 West 48th Street	8	32.5	26 (0 class C)	D	PRASIT REALTY CORP
13	132 West 58th Street	8	26.3	21 (1 class C)	D	WEST 58TH ST REALTY LLC
14	242 West 56th Street	6	25	15 (7 class C)	F	ITALIA D. LLC
15	48 West 55th Street	8	23.8	19 (1 class C)	D	HC-48W55 LLC
16	246 West 48th Street	6	23.3	14 (0 class C)	D	NORTHEAST VANTAGE, INC
17	142 West 46th Street	6	21.7	13 (0 class C)	D	BEKIM FERIT CORP
18	9 East 36th Street	16	18.1	29 (1 class C)	D	Individual owner
19	55 West 35th Street	24	17.5	42 (7 class C)	F	51-55 West 35th Street Realty Inc.
20	230 West 48th Street	7	17.1	12 (0 class C)	C	PFP REALTY VENTURES LLC
21	255 West 55th Street	8	16.3	13 (6 class C)	D	257 WEST 55TH STREET ASSOC LLC
22	211 West 58th Street	16	15	24 (3 class C)	D	232 Realty 3 Corp
23	24 West 56th Street	6	15	9 (4 class C)	F	JOY LUCK CLUB REALTY LLC
24	150 West 58th Street	55	14.4	79 (9 class C)	D	VAN DORN HOLDINGS LLC
25	34 West 56th Street	7	14.3	10 (0 class C)	C	34 WEST 56 ST REALTY CORP
26	43 West 54th Street	6	11.7	7 (7 class C)	D	SOHO NEW YORK LODGING LLC
27	5 East 51st Street	15	11.3	17 (2 class C)	D	5 EAST 51ST ST DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
28	853 7th Avenue	96	10	96 (13 class C)	C	W&HM REALTY PARTNERS LLC
29	115 West 57th Street	7	10	7 (2 class C)	F	Tsukiji Ltd.
30	152 West 49th Street	30	9	27 (6 class C)	C	TIMES SQUARE BORROWER LLC
31	213 Madison Avenue	40	8.3	33 (3 class C)	C	215 MADISON LESSEE LLC
32	117 West 57th Street	7	7.1	5 (5 class C)	F	117 W57 BH LLC
33	6 East 48th Street	35	6.3	22 (0 class C)	C	RURADAN CORPORATION
34	117 West 58th Street	99	6.2	61 (3 class C)	C	BLACK DIAMOND EQUITY MANAGEMNT. INC
35	250 West 47th Street	12	5.8	7 (1 class C)	D	TS 47 HOTEL LLC
36	162 West 54th Street	72	5.6	40 (1 class C)	D	W 54-7 LLC
37	158 West 44th Street	9	5.6	5 (0 class C)	C	NEW GROWING INC
38	852 8th Avenue	34	5.3	18 (1 class C)	D	854 EIGHTH TIC LLC
39	129 West 56th Street	8	5	4 (1 class C)	C	AI R 56 STREET LLC
40	28 West 47th Street	6	5	3 (2 class C)	D	28 WEST 47TH LLC
41	52 West 57th Street	6	5	3 (0 class C)	B	5657 REALTY CORP
42	65 East 54th Street	6	5	3 (0 class C)	A	Individual owner
43	37 West 54th Street	8	3.8	3 (1 class C)	C	ROOSTER REALTY LLC
44	245 West 51st Street	65	3.5	23 (3 class C)	D	245 West 51st Street Delaware LLC
45	858 8th Avenue	6	3.3	2 (0 class C)	C	858 8 AVE REALTY LLC
46	38 West 56th Street	6	3.3	2 (2 class C)	C	Not on file
47	58 West 36th Street	7	2.9	2 (0 class C)	C	58 WEST 36TH LLC
48	15 West 55th Street	36	2.8	10 (7 class C)	C	15 West 55th St Property LLC
49	488 7th Avenue	104	2.6	27 (4 class C)	C	488 SEVENTH LLC
50	934 8th Avenue	8	2.5	2 (0 class C)	A	934 REALTY CORP
51	830 8th Avenue	21	1.9	4 (1 class C)	C	830 EIGHTH AVENUE LLC
52	35 East 35th Street	123	1.9	23 (3 class C)	C	MARBRU ASSOCIATES
53	145 West 58th Street	109	1.6	17 (1 class C)	A	WAM EQUITY PARTNERS LLC
54	841 7th Avenue	54	1.3	7 (3 class C)	C	161 WEST 54TH LLC
55	240 Central Park South	297	1.2	36 (0 class C)	B	Central Park South Associates, LLC
56	1600 Broadway	137	1.2	16 (2 class C)	C	Not on file
57	105 West 55th Street	52	1.2	6 (1 class C)	B	105 W 55TH STREET ASSOCIATES LLC
58	25 East 37th Street	9	1.1	1 (0 class C)	A	DONKOV REALTY LLC
59	25 East 38th Street	10	1	1 (1 class C)	A	Not on file
60	680 8th Avenue	652	0.8	49 (18 class C)	C	BREAKING GROUND HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
61	870 8th Avenue	381	0.5	18 (0 class C)	B	SUNSTONE ASSOCIATES LLC
62	21 West 58th Street	68	0.4	3 (0 class C)	B	WEST INVESTORS LLC
63	28 East 36th Street	108	0.4	4 (1 class C)	B	MARBRU ASSOCIATES
64	140 West 55th Street	34	0.3	1 (0 class C)	A	140 WEST 55TH STREET L.L.C.
65	3 West 36th Street	72	0.3	2 (0 class C)	A	CENTURY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS LLC
66	57 West 55th Street	79	0.3	2 (0 class C)	A	Bando Geny LLC
67	834 8th Avenue	278	0.3	7 (2 class C)	C	FIFTY FIRST CAPITOL ASSOCIATES, LP
68	250 West 50th Street	550	0.2	13 (3 class C)	C	ASN 50 STREET LLC
69	1 East 35th Street	94	0.1	1 (0 class C)	B	35TH ST ASSOCIATES, LP
70	40 Park Avenue	153	0.1	1 (0 class C)	B	40 PARK AVENUE LLC
71	235 West 56th Street	482	0.1	3 (1 class C)	B	SYMPHONY HOUSE, LLC
72	980 Avenue of the Amer	380	0.1	2 (2 class C)	B	VBG AOA 990 LLC
73	30 Park Avenue	237	0	1 (0 class C)	C	30 PARK AVENUE LLC

The full list for Midtown, up to 100 buildings. Each row is the record, not a verdict.

More for Midtown: rent-stabilized buildings, best buildings, heat complaints, and the Midtown page.

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.