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Locks in dwelling unit doors in Manhattan

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2043 · Manhattan · written Nov 29, 1988Sep 12, 2025

829 violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2043 in Manhattan, 7.7% of the section's citywide record. 131 are open right now, 131 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now
131
Open past deadline
131
Closed
698
All time in Manhattan
829
Class C (immediately hazardous)
0

Manhattan against the citywide record

  • The median repair in Manhattan took 900 days against a median legal deadline of 95 days; the citywide median is 915 days.
  • 7 notices (0.8%) sit at not complied with: HPD re-inspected and found the condition unrepaired. Citywide, that rate is 3.3%.
  • Manhattan accounts for 7.7% of every § 27-2043 violation on record citywide.

Manhattan buildings with the most open § 27-2043 violations

  1. 79 POST AVENUE · 5 open
  2. 212 EAST 122 STREET · 4 open
  3. 9 FT WASHINGTON AVENUE · 3 open
  4. 499 WEST 158 STREET · 3 open
  5. 870 WEST 181 STREET · 2 open
  6. 781 ST NICHOLAS AVENUE · 2 open
  7. 11 FORT GEORGE HILL · 2 open
  8. 70 WEST 119 STREET · 2 open
  9. 343 EAST 51 STREET · 2 open
  10. 188 EAST 75 STREET · 1 open

The law behind these numbers

These are the Manhattan rows of the citywide record for NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2043, "Locks in dwelling unit doors". The section page carries the statute text, the full enforcement record, and the standard orders HPD writes under it.

§ 27-2043 Locks in dwelling unit doors citywide · Browse open § 27-2043 records in Manhattan in the live feed · All violation codes

Other boroughs: Brooklyn (1,448 open) · The Bronx (62 open) · Queens (570 open)

Counted from HPD’s Housing Maintenance Code Violations dataset, Manhattan rows only. Figures recomputed Aug 7, 2026.