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354 East 78th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-01452-0031

Built
1910
Floors
4
Residential units
10
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R8B
Lot area
2,500 sq ft
Floor area
6,748 sq ft

En español: 5 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 16 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 37 años abierta, desde el 8 de septiembre de 1989.

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  1. 5

    Class C, immediately hazardous

    14 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 9

    Class B, hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.

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  3. 2

    OATH/ECB summonses still active. Most often Construction.

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 5 open Class C, with 6 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 32 Class C violations, all 32 by the original certify-by date. HPD now marks 1 of them False Certification and 3 Invalid Certification. How certification works

The original certify-by dates on the 14 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was July 31, 2026. The report prints the date beside each one.

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5 open Class C and 2 OATH hearings starting April 1, 2027. The oldest open HPD violation was filed September 8, 1989.

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OATH hearings
2 hearings scheduled on DOB summonses, the first on April 1, 2027.
OATH/ECB summonses
7 DOB summonses here since January 1, 2019, with $12,530 in penalties imposed. 2 of them are still active, the same 2 listed under OATH/ECB. 1 judgment docketed, on March 31, 2022. A docketed judgment shows up in a title search.
  • January 31, 2026, DOB: Occupancy contrary to that allowed by certificate of occupancy or building department. Adjourned, $1,250 penalty imposed.
  • January 31, 2026, DOB: Occupancy contrary to that allowed by certificate of occupancy or building department. Adjourned, $1,250 penalty imposed.
  • March 9, 2022, DOB: Fail to comply with commissioner order to file certificate of correction with DOB. Dismissed.

The newest 3 of 7 summonses OATH lists here. The report lists all 7, with each outcome, the penalty imposed and any docketing date. What the report adds

DOB violations
6 active DOB violations. The newest was issued November 14, 2025.
Housing court
4 housing court cases here since 2009, most of them heat and hot water cases.
DOB complaints
4 DOB complaints, 3 of them conversion complaints, in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. The newest was filed June 19, 2026.
Boiler inspection
Inspected July 15, 2026. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year.
Bedbug report
Filed June 12, 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).
HPD emergency repair order
1 completed HPD emergency repair order since October 12, 2023: a general construction order, opened June 1, 2026, awarded for $700.

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

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C5 open
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18995084CHOU'S 3D, LLC
Heat / Hot WaterInvalid certification18678830CHOU'S 3D, LLC
Invalid certification18678815CHOU'S 3D, LLC
Fire SafetyInvalid certification18370594CHOU'S 3D, LLC
Fire SafetyFalse certification18218745
Class B9 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent18995088CHOU'S 3D, LLC
Notice sent18995087CHOU'S 3D, LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18995086CHOU'S 3D, LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18995085CHOU'S 3D, LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18428324CHOU'S 3D, LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18428323CHOU'S 3D, LLC
Notice sent17709473
Notice sent17709472
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent16682382
OATH/ECB2 open most often Construction
Construction, Class 2Hearing pending35485262XCHOU'S 3D, LLC
Construction, Class 2Hearing pending35485261YCHOU'S 3D, LLC

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Questions about this building

Does 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan had 16 open violations on October 10, 2026: 14 from HPD and 2 from OATH/ECB. 5 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 37 years, since September 8, 1989.

Is 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 5 open Class C, with 6 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. 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 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan?

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 32 Class C violations, all 32 by the original certify-by date. HPD now marks 1 of them False Certification and 3 Invalid Certification. 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.

Does 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan have an OATH hearing coming up?

Yes. 2 hearings scheduled on DOB summonses, the first on April 1, 2027. DOB summonses are heard at OATH, the city's hearings office, and OATH can move a hearing to a later date. When nobody shows up, the summons is decided by default, the costliest way one ends.

Does 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 6 active DOB violations. The newest was issued November 14, 2025. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.

Has 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan been in housing court?

Yes. 4 housing court cases here since 2009, most of them heat and hot water cases. HPD takes buildings to housing court to get violations fixed and heat and hot water restored, and it joins tenants' own repair cases, called tenant actions. A case stays open until the court closes it.

Has DOB received complaints about 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan?

Yes. 4 DOB complaints, 3 of them conversion complaints, in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. The newest was filed June 19, 2026. Anyone can complain to DOB about a building or the work going on in it, and DOB then inspects and decides whether there is a violation. A conversion complaint says an apartment may have been added or changed without approval. It is a complaint, not a finding.

Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan marked completed?

Yes. 1 completed HPD emergency repair order since October 12, 2023: a general construction order, opened June 1, 2026, awarded for $700. HPD orders an emergency repair when a hazardous condition cited in a violation, or in another agency's emergency order, is not corrected, and does the work itself or through a contractor. The amounts are what the orders were awarded for, not a bill: this page does not show what was charged to the property or whether it was paid. Orders for lab tests, such as dust-wipe and asbestos samples, are not counted.

When was the boiler at 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan last inspected?

On July 15, 2026. DOB requires a boiler in a building with 6 or more apartments to be inspected once every calendar year, with the report filed within 14 days of the inspection. Low-pressure boilers in residential buildings with 5 or fewer apartments are exempt.

When did 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On June 12, 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 354 East 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 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1910 as the year 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up building with 4 floors.

How many apartments does 354 East 78 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 10 residential units at 354 East 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 hearing dates, OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD emergency repair orders, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. 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 hearing dates, OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD emergency repair orders, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. 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, 354 East 78th St, Manhattan: 10 units, 5 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/354-east-78-street-manhattan

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