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266 East 78th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-01432-0027

Built
1981
Floors
16
Residential units
17
Building type
Elevator building
Zoning district
C1-9
Lot area
2,511 sq ft
Floor area
22,761 sq ft
Last sale
$19,700,000

En español: 5 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 6 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 7 años abierta, desde el 30 de enero de 2019.

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  1. 5

    Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.

    15 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 1

    OATH/ECB summons still active

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 5 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 0 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 13 Class C violations: 11 by the original certify-by date, 2 after it. How certification works

The original certify-by dates on the 5 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was August 26, 2024. The report prints the date beside each one.

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5 open Class C and no facade report filed for inspection cycle 9. The oldest open HPD violation was filed January 30, 2019.

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OATH/ECB summonses
22 DOB and FDNY summonses here since January 1, 2019, with $70,624 in penalties imposed. 1 of them is still active, the one listed under OATH/ECB. 15 judgments docketed, the latest on June 30, 2025. A docketed judgment shows up in a title search.
  • January 16, 2026, DOB: Failure to maintain elevator or conveying system. In violation.
  • April 8, 2025, DOB: Failure to submit required report of critical examination. In violation, $2,500 penalty imposed.
  • February 27, 2024, DOB: Unlawful acts. Failure to comply with an order of the commissioner. In violation, $2,500 penalty imposed.

The newest 3 of 22 summonses OATH lists here. The report lists all 22, with each outcome, the penalty imposed and any docketing date. What the report adds

DOB violations
1 active DOB violation, issued February 22, 2024.
DOB complaints
3 DOB complaints in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. The newest was filed March 3, 2026.
DOB facade
No Report Filed for inspection cycle 9. Reports in earlier inspection cycles rated it SWARMP in 2007, 2013 and 2019. SWARMP means safe with a repair and maintenance program. Need this filed?
DOB permits
DOB NOW lists 2 work permits here, the newest issued March 22, 2022, for Sidewalk Shed work.
  • Sidewalk Shed, issued March 22, 2022, signed off.
  • Plumbing, issued August 17, 2021, expired March 16, 2022.
Boiler inspection
Inspected May 6, 2026. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year.
Bedbug report
Filed December 5, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.

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

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class C5 open most often Fire Safety
Fire SafetyInvalid certification17174760
Heat / Hot WaterInvalid certification17154395
Invalid certification17154389
Fire SafetyNot complied with16657951
Fire SafetyNot complied with16647220
OATH/ECB1 open
Local Law, Class 2Found in violation37034654P

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Questions about this building

Does 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan had 6 open violations on October 10, 2026: 1 from OATH/ECB and 5 from HPD. 5 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 7 years, since January 30, 2019.

Is 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 5 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 0 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 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan?

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 13 Class C violations: 11 by the original certify-by date, 2 after it. 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 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 1 active DOB violation, issued February 22, 2024. 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 DOB received complaints about 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan?

Yes. 3 DOB complaints in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. The newest was filed March 3, 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.

What did the latest facade report find at 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan?

No Report Filed for inspection cycle 9. Reports in earlier inspection cycles rated it SWARMP in 2007, 2013 and 2019. SWARMP means safe with a repair and maintenance program. 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.

When was the boiler at 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan last inspected?

On May 6, 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 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On December 5, 2025, 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.

When was 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1981 as the year 266 East 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 16 floors.

How many apartments does 266 East 78 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 17 residential units at 266 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/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, DOB complaints, DOB facade filings, DOB NOW work permits, DOB boiler inspection reports, 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, DOB violations, DOB complaints, DOB facade filings, DOB NOW work permits, DOB boiler inspection reports, 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, 266 East 78th St, Manhattan: 17 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/266-east-78-street-manhattan

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