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§ 53 violations in Manhattan

NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 53 · Manhattan · written Aug 10, 1973 – Jul 30, 2026

2,945 violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 53 in Manhattan, 19.7% of the section's citywide record. 828 are open right now, 792 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now
828
Open past deadline
792
Closed
2,117
All time in Manhattan
2,945
Class C (immediately hazardous)
1

Manhattan against the citywide record

  • The median repair in Manhattan took 590 days against a median legal deadline of 95 days; the citywide median is 450 days.
  • 183 notices (6.2%) sit at not complied with: HPD re-inspected and found the condition unrepaired. Citywide, that rate is 5.5%.
  • Manhattan accounts for 19.7% of every § 53 violation on record citywide.

Manhattan buildings with the most open § 53 violations

  1. 267 WEST 146 STREET · 15 open
  2. 204 EAST 7 STREET · 9 open
  3. 230 EAST 29 STREET · 7 open
  4. 533 WEST 145 STREET · 7 open
  5. 141 WEST 117 STREET · 6 open
  6. 486 9 AVENUE · 5 open
  7. 338 EAST 106 STREET · 5 open
  8. 138 EAST 98 STREET · 5 open
  9. 263 WEST 152 STREET · 5 open
  10. 161 WEST 10 STREET · 4 open

The law behind these numbers

These are the Manhattan rows of the citywide record for NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 53. The section page carries the statute text, the full enforcement record, and the standard orders HPD writes under it.

§ 53 citywide · Browse open § 53 records in Manhattan in the live feed · All violation codes

Other boroughs: The Bronx (1,283 open) · Brooklyn (1,494 open) · Queens (405 open)

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