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70 Riverside Drive

MANHATTAN, NY 10024 BBL 1012440001 52 units · 6 floors · 1951

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood

Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Upper West Side

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12-Month Maintenance Forecast

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Estimated probability of major maintenance failures in the next 12 months.

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Historical Data (The Model's Inputs)

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HPD violations

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311 calls

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DOB complaints

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ECB penalties

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Permits (7 yr)

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Bedbug units

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Rodent 311 calls

Heat/Hot Water — No heat, apt 3B · Class C · Open11/12/2024

Pests — Mice/rodents observed, apt 2A · Class B09/03/2024

Water Leak — Ceiling leak, apt 5D · Pending07/15/2024

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Rent & eviction protection

Is 70 Riverside Drive 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 1951

6 or more units

52 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

70 Riverside Drive is a 6-story, 56-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper West Side, built in 1951 and currently owned by Christina Forbes. The building has experienced several notable maintenance issues in recent years, with the most significant being a heat and hot water complaint that surfaced in March 2024, marking an emergency situation that required HPD intervention, though access for inspection could not be obtained. The building has maintained an annual bedbug report compliance from 2019 through 2024, showing minimal infestation history with only one documented case in 2019.

The property has faced various challenges regarding safety and maintenance. There have been multiple Department of Buildings complaints regarding illegal hotel rooms (July 2022) and illegal activity (April 2019), though inspectors were unable to gain access for verification. The building's rodent control history shows mixed results, with rat activity noted during inspections in late 2023 and 2018, though recent 2024 inspections have shown improved results with a "Passed" outcome. Multiple construction permits have been issued over the years, particularly in 2019-2020, suggesting ongoing maintenance and improvement efforts. While there are some active violations on record from July 2020, specific details are not provided in the available documentation.

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How we score buildings

How 70 Riverside Drive'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

55th percentile

Out of 3016 buildings in this neighborhood, 1659 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest

Predicted violation outcome

65.2%

No serious
violations

29.5%

Some violations
(1–9)

5.2%

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.

Number of apartments

The number of residential units affects how the model interprets complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

Building size

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

Tenant HPD complaints (past 7 years)

Formal complaints tenants filed with HPD about this address over the last 7 years.

Building characteristics

Total units	52
Floors	6
Year built	1951
Gross area	81,198 sq ft
Building class	—
Tax abatement	None

Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

Multiple entrances & addresses

Included addresses

All street addresses that share this building's BBL and are covered by this report.

70 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10024

315 West 79th St, New York, NY 10024

317 West 79th St, New York, NY 10024

319 West 79th St, New York, NY 10024

Who's behind the building

70 Riverside Drive's landlord & ownership

The people and companies registered to this building, the other properties they run, and their court record. A landlord's wider portfolio is often the best predictor of how your building will be treated.

Corporate Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name

70 River Dr Apartments Corp

Address

70 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10024

Landlord portfolio

Other properties owned.

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