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25 West 68 Street

MANHATTAN, NY 10023 BBL 1011210017 72 units · 10 floors · 1925

This building has a severe track record, and our model predicts major ongoing maintenance failures.

HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Upper West Side
Above average
avg 14.1
19
Fewer violations More violations

This building has 19 recorded HPD violations, above the Upper West Side average of 14.1.

Rent & eviction protection

Is 25 West 68 Street rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974
Built 1925
6 or more units
72 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Potential rent stabilization. Building age and size suggest eligibility — confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) or request a rent history.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

Augrented Insights
AI summary · updated June 2026

The 10-story, 75-unit New Law Tenement at 25 West 68th Street, built in 1925 and currently owned by Olvein Diaz, has experienced several notable maintenance and safety issues over the past few years. Recent history shows a concerning pattern with elevator safety systems, including violations in 2018 and 2020 regarding tampered door zone restrictors, with penalties totaling $2,500. The building has maintained a clean record for bedbug infestations since 2020, with all annual reports showing zero infested units. While major safety incidents have been relatively infrequent, there was a broken window guard reported in 2021 and a pest infestation (specifically cockroaches in apartment 4A) documented in late 2019 that resulted in a Class C violation.

A significant cluster of issues emerged in June 2019, when multiple complaints were filed regarding unsanitary conditions including sewage problems, along with water leakage and steam pipe/riser plumbing issues, though most of these were resolved without violations being issued. The building's maintenance record has shown consistent attention to rodent control, passing all inspections between 2015-2025, and has maintained regular bedbug reporting compliance since 2021, with no reported infestations. The property experienced some structural and maintenance issues in apartment 7B (2019) requiring repairs to plastered surfaces, painting, and concerns about an unauthorized partition, though these were addressed and resolved. Most recently, the building has passed all rodent inspections in 2022, 2023, and 2024, suggesting effective pest management practices are currently in place.

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How 25 West 68 Street's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile
54th percentile

Out of 3016 buildings in this neighborhood, 1629 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
60.8%
No serious
violations
33.8%
Some violations
(1–9)
5.4%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

These are the three data points that most influenced this building's score — ranked by how much weight the model placed on each one.

Emergency violations (past 7 years)

HPD violations classified as immediately dangerous — fires, raw sewage, no heat in winter.

Number of apartments

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Building size

Total residential square footage — a proxy for building scale and the number of systems (plumbing, HVAC, etc.) that can fail.

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What's in the 25 West 68 Street report

Building characteristics
Total units72
Floors10
Year built1925
Gross area104,374 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

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Multiple entrances & addresses

Included addresses

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25 West 68th St, New York, NY 10023
27 West 68th St, New York, NY 10023
29 West 68th St, New York, NY 10023
31 West 68th St, New York, NY 10023
33 West 68th St, New York, NY 10023
35 West 68th St, New York, NY 10023
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25 West 68 Street's landlord & ownership

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Corporate Owner

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Name
25 West 68Th Street LLC
Address
1185 Sixth Avenue 10th F
New York, NY 10036
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25 West 68 Street event timeline

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2026
ECB Violation Feb 21
ECB violation · $2,500
Summons Issued For Failure To Maintain Due To Multiple Window Mounted Air Conditioners With No Exterior Brackets Observed At Exposure 1 Of…
ECB Violation Feb 19
ECB violation · $2,500

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