L4 LEVEL 4 · PUBLIC INTEREST INVESTIGATION

This building is the subject of a CondosCoopsNYC Level 4 Public Interest Investigation.

Long-form documentary: UNSAFE Local Law 11 facade designation, 3 active vacate orders, 170 lifetime immediately-hazardous Class C HPD violations (38 currently open), and a self-managed configuration with no professional managing-agent firm. Every claim primary-source cited. Free to read, free to cite.

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BUILDING REPORT

The John James Condominium

775 Riverside Drive, Manhattan

Building Type
condo
Year Built
1920
Units
133
Stories
6
BBL (Borough-Block-Lot)
1021347504

This is the unique identifier for this property in NYC records. Use it to verify any claim on this page.

Managing Agent

Current Managing Agent
Self-managed (no professional firm)

HPD Violations

Violations open today
49
448 on the lifetime record
Class C open today
18
173 on the lifetime record
Issued, last 3 years
64
is it still generating violations
HPD Litigations
14

Class breakdown: 89 Class A (non-hazardous), 186 Class B (hazardous), 173 Class C (immediately hazardous). Resident complaints to HPD: 19 in the last 12 months, 45 in three years, 701 lifetime. Counts are lifetime totals on the building record, not only open items. Source: NYC Open Data — HPD Violations. Verify with BBL 1021347504.

How the record was disposed: 151 of 519 (29%) were dismissed — the city determined the violation should not stand — rather than corrected by the owner.

ECB / OATH Penalties

Cases, last 12 months
2
13 in 3 yrs · 78 lifetime
Fines, last 12 months
$3,700
$27,025 in 3 yrs · $91,284 lifetime
Balance Owed
$32,700
Vacate Orders
3

DOB Complaints & Permits

Violations, last 12 months
0
4 in 3 yrs · 53 lifetime
Complaints, last 12 months
0
0 in 3 yrs · 115 lifetime
Permits filed, last 12 months
6
9 in 3 yrs · 15 lifetime
311 Requests, last 12 months
88
231 in 3 yrs · 521 lifetime

Local Law 11 — Facade Inspection

Last Known LL11 Status
UNSAFE (Cycle 9)

Facade inspections are required every 5 years. Buildings found UNSAFE must make repairs — often funded by special assessments. Learn about special assessments →

Litigation History

14 HPD-initiated housing-court cases on record.

NYSCEF matching is by party and address and is not exhaustive — a case filed under an LLC or a managing agent's name may not appear here. Search the docket directly by party name at iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef.

311 Complaints

Lifetime 311 Service Requests
521

That is 3.9 requests per unit across 133 units. Source: NYC Open Data — 311 Service Requests.

Before You Buy This Building

This report shows what public records reveal. Before purchasing a unit here, we recommend:

This page is the free public record for 775 Riverside Drive. A full forensic audit — façade filing history, capital spend, reserve-fund adequacy, managing-agent portfolio comparison and grade derivation — is a separate product.

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Data Sources & Verification

Figures on this page were last refreshed from the source datasets on 2026-09-10. Local Law 11 status is carried from that same refresh and is not re-verified per building.

Every data point on this page comes from free, publicly available NYC records. No paid databases. No private sources. You can verify every claim:

  • HPD Violations: data.cityofnewyork.us (Housing Preservation & Development)
  • DOB Records: a810-bisweb.nyc.gov (Department of Buildings)
  • 311 Complaints: data.cityofnewyork.us (311 Service Requests)
  • Litigation: iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef (NYSCEF)
  • Property Info: a836-acris.nyc.gov (ACRIS)