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216 West 78th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-01169-0040

Built
1920
Floors
4
Residential units
25
Building type
Elevator building
Zoning district
C4-6A
Lot area
5,108 sq ft
Floor area
14,550 sq ft
Last sale
$6,175,000

En español: 2 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 4 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 12 años abierta, desde el 27 de marzo de 2014.

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  1. 2

    Class C, immediately hazardous

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  2. 2

    Class B, hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 2 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days.

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 5 Class C violations, all 5 by the original certify-by date. How certification works

The original certify-by dates on the 4 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was February 28, 2025. The report prints the date beside each one.

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2 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed March 27, 2014.

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OATH/ECB summonses
3 DOB summonses here since January 1, 2019, with $9,375 in penalties imposed. 1 judgment docketed, on August 31, 2025. A docketed judgment shows up in a title search.
  • September 14, 2023, DOB: Failure to maintain elevator or conveying system. Dismissed.
  • June 21, 2023, DOB: Failure to maintain elevator or conveying system. Decided by default, $3,125 penalty imposed.
  • May 15, 2023, DOB: Failure to maintain elevator or conveying system. Adjourned, $6,250 penalty imposed.

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Bedbug report
Filed June 2, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class C2 open
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant17608444
Fire SafetyNotice sent16591123
Class B2 open most often Fire Safety
Fire SafetyNotice sent17608446
Fire SafetyNotice sent17608445

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Questions about this building

Does 216 West 78 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 216 West 78 Street, Manhattan had 4 open violations on October 10, 2026: 4 from HPD. 2 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 12 years, since March 27, 2014.

Is 216 West 78 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 2 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 216 West 78 Street, Manhattan?

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 5 Class C violations, all 5 by the original certify-by date. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

When did 216 West 78 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On June 2, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

Is 216 West 78 Street, Manhattan rent stabilized?

The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.

When was 216 West 78 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1920 as the year 216 West 78 Street, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as an elevator building with 4 floors.

How many apartments does 216 West 78 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 25 residential units at 216 West 78 Street, Manhattan. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. This page is current through October 10, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 216 West 78th St, Manhattan: 25 units, 2 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/216-west-78-street-manhattan

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