Yorkville, Manhattan: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Yorkville, Manhattan, has 1,244 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 593 A, 225 B, 197 C, 143 D and 86 F. The median building has 0.9 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 2 across Manhattan. 6,903 of its 50,985 residential units (14%) 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 (1,786), unsanitary condition (839), and plumbing (380).

Yorkville by the numbers

1,387 residential buildings (50,985 units) on record. 11,731 open HPD violations (2,361 class C, immediately hazardous). 3,767 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 148 executed evictions in 3 years, 242 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 759 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Yorkville

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. 1682 1st Avenue: 222.5 open violations per 10 units (178 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: PHILJO HOLDING CORP
  3. 517 East 83rd Street: 118 open violations per 10 units (177 open, 15 units), grade F, owner: KANTER'S REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC
  4. 1737 2nd Avenue: 106.3 open violations per 10 units (85 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: BO HONG REALTY INC
  5. 1531 York Avenue: 100 open violations per 10 units (100 open, 10 units), grade F, owner: FORTUNA 1527 LLC,MEHDI INVESTMENTS LLC & MAZOL LLC

Best five in Yorkville

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. 238 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 1971), grade A
  2. 230 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 (15 units, built 1920), grade A, owner: 230 EAST 81 ST, LLC
  3. 231 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 (16 units, built 1910), grade A, owner: 231 EAST 81ST ST, LLC
  4. 235 East 82nd Street: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (24 units, built 1910), grade A, owner: 235 EAST 82 LLC
  5. 242 East 83rd Street: 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 1901), grade B, owner: 242 EAST 83 LLC

Largest landlords in Yorkville

By units in Yorkville, 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. JOHN MCDERMOTT (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,493 units in 3 buildings
  2. CAROLE L PITTELMAN (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,216 units in 4 buildings
  3. AHRON FREIDUS (head officer on HPD registrations): 854 units in 36 buildings
  4. JEFFREY J FEIL (head officer on HPD registrations): 725 units in 3 buildings
  5. ROSE CAIOLA (head officer on HPD registrations): 583 units in 13 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.