780 Riverside Drive
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Is 780 Riverside Drive rent-stabilized?
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780 Riverside Drive is a 10-story, 71-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1914, currently owned by Eugene Mendlowits. The building has experienced ongoing heat and hot water issues, with multiple complaints in 2024 and 2025, including at least four recent emergencies in February 2025 affecting the entire building and individual apartments. Additional issues recorded in 2024 included problems with paint/plaster on ceilings and water leaks, though no violations were issued in these cases. The building had some serious construction-related violations in early 2023, including multiple tenant safety and unlicensed work violations, with fines totaling $11,000 related to inadequate tenant protection plans and unsafe electrical equipment.
How 780 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
Out of 1273 buildings in this neighborhood, 904 have a higher predicted risk.
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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.
| Total units | 91 |
|---|---|
| Floors | 10 |
| Year built | 1914 |
| Gross area | 111,260 sq ft |
| Building class | — |
| Tax abatement | None |
Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.
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Brooklyn, NY 11204
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