Questions about this building
Does 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan have open violations?
Yes. 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan had 24 open violations on September 26, 2026: 23 from HPD and 1 from OATH/ECB. 10 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous.
Is 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan getting better or worse?
Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 10 open Class C, with 1 certification filed and 2 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends September 26, 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 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan?
Since September 28, 2023, a certification was filed on 1 Class C violation, after 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.
Does 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan have an OATH hearing coming up?
Yes. A hearing on a DOB summons is set for January 7, 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 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan have active DOB violations?
Yes. 3 active DOB violations. The newest was issued February 22, 2023. 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.
What did the latest facade report find at 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan?
No Report Filed for inspection cycle 9. Buildings taller than six stories must have their exterior walls inspected once in every inspection cycle under the city's Facade Inspection Safety Program (every five years under DOB's current rule), and each inspection report is filed with DOB as Safe, SWARMP (safe with a repair and maintenance program) or Unsafe. No Report Filed means DOB has no report for that cycle. The rating is from the latest filing and does not describe the facade today; DOB's page for the building shows anything filed since.
Does 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan have a certificate of occupancy?
Its latest certificate of occupancy is a final one, issued November 10, 2016. A certificate of occupancy says how a building may be used and occupied. A temporary one lets people move in while work finishes and has to be renewed until DOB issues the final one. DOB's records here start in July 2012, so an older certificate may not show.
Is 261 Pleasant Avenue, 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 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan built?
The city's record gives 1900 as the year 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as an elevator apartment building with 6 floors.
How many apartments does 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan have?
The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 23 residential units at 261 Pleasant Avenue, 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, DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB facade filings, DOB certificates of occupancy and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 26, 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.
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ViolationScout, 261 Pleasant Ave, Manhattan: violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 26, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/261-pleasant-avenue-manhattan
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