What the record shows

New York City Housing Authority holds 450 buildings with a current record and 1,318 open violations between them. The weight is not even: 2449 Adam C Powell Blvd accounts for 6% of it, while 271 of the 450 have nothing open at all. Tenant complaints run the same way — 582 in the last 12 months, 20% of them from 44 Macombs Place alone.

Where the buildings are 135 of the 450 buildings with a current record — 30% — are in Queens, with the rest spread across four other boroughs. Brooklyn accounts for 111; Bronx accounts for 105.

How the violations are distributed Open violations are not spread evenly across these buildings. 2449 Adam C Powell Blvd alone carries 77 of them — 6% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and 25 buildings hold half of the total. Behind it sit 180 Broad Street with 59 and 72 Avenue C with 56.

Violations per apartment Across 132,430 apartments the portfolio runs 0.01 open violations per unit. four buildings average at least one open violation for every apartment in them.

The split inside the portfolio 271 of the 450 buildings with a current record have nothing open against them today, while 179 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 582 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, or 0.00 per apartment. The heaviest was 44 Macombs Place with 117. 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 1950, and 302 of 450 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 619 Rockaway Avenue 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 704 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 232 of them — 33% — have since been cleared, and 459 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.

New York City Housing Authority

NYC landlord portfolio: 450 buildings we track, with violations, complaints and repair history for each.

Adding violation and complaint figures…