Upper East Side, Manhattan: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Upper East Side, Manhattan, has 3,499 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 1,843 A, 586 B, 512 C, 361 D and 197 F. The median building has 0.6 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 2 across Manhattan. 17,342 of its 151,438 residential units (11%) 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 (3,937), unsanitary condition (1,824), and plumbing (895).

Upper East Side by the numbers

4,789 residential buildings (151,438 units) on record. 29,787 open HPD violations (5,568 class C, immediately hazardous). 8,414 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 373 executed evictions in 3 years, 944 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 1,690 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Upper East Side

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. 453 East 83rd Street: 225.7 open violations per 10 units (158 open, 7 units), grade F, owner: 453 EAST 83 STREET LLC
  2. 715 Madison Avenue: 223.3 open violations per 10 units (134 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 715 MADISON TIC OWNERS LLC
  3. 1682 1st Avenue: 222.5 open violations per 10 units (178 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: PHILJO HOLDING CORP
  4. 1496 2nd Avenue: 191.3 open violations per 10 units (153 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: 1496 SECOND AVENUE REALTY LLC
  5. 517 East 83rd Street: 118 open violations per 10 units (177 open, 15 units), grade F, owner: KANTER'S REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC

Best five in Upper East Side

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. 1 East Loop Road: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 352 units), grade A, owner: HUDSON CORNELL TECH LLC
  2. 120 East 87th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 214 units), grade A
  3. 1487 1st Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 146 units), grade A, owner: CP VII 78th Street Owner, LLC
  4. 225 East 70th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 90 units), grade A, owner: SUPREME CO I LLC
  5. 510 East 79th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 82 units), grade A, owner: 78/79 YORK ASSOCIATES LLC

Largest landlords in Upper East Side

By units in Upper East Side, 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. CAROLE L PITTELMAN (head officer on HPD registrations): 3,105 units in 11 buildings
  2. AHRON FREIDUS (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,518 units in 49 buildings
  3. MICHAEL K DIMSON (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,499 units in 3 buildings
  4. JOHN MCDERMOTT (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,493 units in 3 buildings
  5. KENRICK OU (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,444 units in 11 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.