2025-12-10Class BDismissed
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOCKING MECHANISM AT THE VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
HPD · 501 · Record 18496452
Building report
444 East 78th Street
Public records for this building, including violations, complaints, housing court cases and ownership details.
- Built
- 1942
- Units
- 20
- Owner of record
- CHELSEA REALTY DEVELCRP
- Open HPD violations
- 7
- HPD records on file
- 40
Violations at 444 East 78th Street
40 on record2025-07-19Class CDismissed
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER EXCEEDING 120 DEGREES AT WASH BASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
HPD · 510 · Record 18097034
2025-07-16Class ADismissed
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT EAST WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORY
HPD · 556 · Record 18094156
2025-07-16Class BDismissed
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIALS AT EAST WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORY
HPD · 502 · Record 18094155
2025-07-16Class ADismissed
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING AND EAST WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY
HPD · 556 · Record 18094154
Most serious open violation
2024-12-30Class COpen
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT DOOR LEADING TO REAR YARD IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
HPD · 530 · Record 17587285
7 open · 40 total on recordSee 6 more open violations
Who owns 444 East 78th Street?
Owner of record: CHELSEA REALTY DEVELCRP. An owner name can come from an earlier filing. Compare the latest HPD registration with the recorded deed before relying on it.
Apartments at 444 East 78th Street
Recorded residential units: 20. Recorded year built: 1942. These building facts do not show current vacancies or when a particular apartment was renovated.
This tax lot appears in the RGB list based on 2024 building registrations, published as of November 2025. That is a building-level historical signal; it does not identify which apartments are stabilized today. Check the official rent-stabilized building lists.
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