What the record shows

Alma Realty holds 152 buildings with a current record and 2,572 open violations between them. The weight is not even: 3885 Broadway accounts for 6% of it, while ten of the 152 have nothing open at all. Tenants filed 8,324 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, spread across the portfolio rather than sitting in one address.

Where the buildings are 83 of the 152 buildings with a current record — 55% — are in Manhattan, with the rest spread across three other boroughs. Queens accounts for 34; Brooklyn accounts for 23.

How the violations are distributed Open violations are not spread evenly across these buildings. 3885 Broadway alone carries 154 of them — 6% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and 23 buildings hold half of the total. Behind it sit 227 Taaffe Place with 137 and 3900 Broadway with 133.

Violations per apartment Across 7,148 apartments the portfolio runs 0.36 open violations per unit. 19 buildings average at least one open violation for every apartment in them.

The split inside the portfolio 10 of the 152 buildings with a current record have nothing open against them today, while 142 do. Portfolio-level averages hide that split, which is why the list is worth reading one row at a time.

What tenants called in Tenants filed 8,324 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, or 1.16 per apartment. The heaviest was 17 Arden Street with 402. Complaints and violations are separate records — a complaint that closed without an inspector getting inside leaves no violation behind it.

Age of the stock The median building here went up in 1920, and 132 of 152 predate 1960. Pre-1960 buildings carry lead-paint and window-guard obligations that newer stock does not, which shapes what turns up in an inspection.

How long things stay open The longest-standing open item in the portfolio is at 4151 Broadway and has been open 4.0 years. An old open violation is not a paperwork lag — it is a condition the city recorded and has not been shown to be corrected.

What has moved in the last two years 7,050 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 4,964 of them — 70% — have since been cleared, and 2,074 are still open. That ratio moves between city sweeps, which is why a standing total on its own says less than it looks like it does.

How buildings are linked: by HPD registration, deed, or a confirmed parent company. Being named as a head officer or managing agent is not the same as owning.

Alma Realty

NYC landlord portfolio: 152 buildings we track, with violations, complaints and repair history for each.

Adding violation and complaint figures…