200 East 72nd Street, Manhattan

    Two open violations and a recent pattern of ventilation and late-night noise complaints.

    This massive Upper East Side tower manages to avoid deep maintenance debt, but a building of this scale always has some friction. Recent filings highlight exhaust issues, open housing-code cases, and localized noise clusters. Three things to know:

    The record carries two open housing-code violations. While two open violations is very low for a high-rise of this scale, they remain unresolved on the official record. One is an open window frame violation filed on June 24, 2026, which has yet to be certified as resolved by management.

    Ventilation complaints suggest cooking odors and air quality issues are bleeding between spaces. A complaint about an improper or illegal exhaust vent was filed on June 24, 2026, alongside reports of indoor air quality issues and kitchen odors from a downstairs business. In a tower with shared risers, exhaust leaks usually mean someone else's kitchen prep vents straight into your living space.

    Nine residential noise complaints on file point to thin walls or shared vents. The building has logged nine residential noise complaints, with multiple reports specifically targeting loud televisions late at night. The most recent television complaint was filed on May 2, 2026. Because this tower has shared vents and massive floorplates, late-night sound travels easily from unit to unit if there is no acoustic buffering.

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    200 East 72nd Street is a 855-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1014260044). This building is associated with 72nd Street Associates LLC. Brix tracks 2 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

    Built in 1979, this elevator apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

    Tenants have filed 84 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.

    What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

    The most recent complaint on this building was filed August 8, 2026.

    Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

    The building last changed hands on May 30, 2001, according to recorded deeds.

    Brix score: 82/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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    Apartments at 200 East 72nd Street

    • Unit 33B

      Unit 33B at 200 East 72nd Street has 2 open violations.

    • Unit 32G

      Unit 32G at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($27K, latest 2010).

    • Unit 32H

      Unit 32H at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($27K, latest 2010).

    • Unit 19H

      Unit 19H at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($85K, latest 2010).

    • Unit 19J

      Unit 19J at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($85K, latest 2010).

    • Unit 31J

      Unit 31J at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($50K, latest 2007).

    • Unit 16J

      Unit 16J at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($50K, latest 2004).

    • Unit 16K

      Unit 16K at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($50K, latest 2004).

    • Unit 12J

      Unit 12J at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($55K, latest 2004).

    • Unit 12K

      Unit 12K at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($55K, latest 2004).

    • Unit 27G

      Unit 27G at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($47K, latest 2003).

    • Unit 12A

      Unit 12A at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($36K, latest 2003).

    • Unit 12N

      Unit 12N at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($36K, latest 2003).

    • Unit 11A

      Unit 11A at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($36K, latest 2003).

    • Unit 11N

      Unit 11N at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($36K, latest 2003).

    • Unit 15G

      Unit 15G at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($28K, latest 2003).

    • Unit 23G

      Unit 23G at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($28K, latest 2003).

    • Unit 14A

      Unit 14A at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($28K, latest 2003).

    • Unit 14B

      Unit 14B at 200 East 72nd Street has no violations, 1 permit filed ($28K, latest 2003).

    • Unit PHD

      Unit PHD at 200 East 72nd Street has no open violations (3 past violations).

    • Unit 31D

      Unit 31D at 200 East 72nd Street has no open violations (3 past violations).

    • Unit 15N

      Unit 15N at 200 East 72nd Street has no open violations (2 past violations).

    • Unit 14D

      Unit 14D at 200 East 72nd Street has no open violations (2 past violations).

    This rental building has 2 open violations and had 24 complaints in the last 12 months. The median time to fix issues was 104 days. You should ask about the nature of the open violations during your visit.

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