HOLMES TOWERS is a public housing development operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in Manhattan, comprising 534 apartments across 2 buildings completed in 1969. MetroDeeds tracks 3 HPD housing-maintenance code violations across the development's tracked BBLs, including 0 Class C (immediately hazardous, the most serious classification), 2 Class B (hazardous), and 1 Class A (non-hazardous) — with no Class B or Class C (hazardous-or-worse) violations recorded on the development's tracked BBLs. NYCHA, the public agency that owns and operates NYC's federal public housing portfolio, collectively manages approximately 159,354 apartments across 305 publicly tracked developments and has been consistently ranked among NYC's most distressed landlords by tenant advocates. The agency's portfolio aggregates 8,273 HPD housing-maintenance violations city-wide as of May 29, 2026, equivalent to a portfolio-wide density of approximately 0.05 violations per apartment. All data sourced from NYC HPD violation feeds and NYCHA's published development roster. See the methodology page for HPD classification details and data freshness.
| Case Type | Filed | Status | BBL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenant Action | Mar 8, 2023 | CLOSED | 1015730020 |
| Class | Inspection Date | Description | Status | BBL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Sep 26, 2014 | SECTION 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... 15 SQUARE FEET AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 15B, 15th… | NOV SENT OUT | 1015730020 ↗ |
| B | Sep 26, 2014 | SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 15B, 1… | NOV SENT OUT | 1015730020 ↗ |
| A | Sep 26, 2014 | SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 15B, 15th STORY, 1st APARTM… | NOV SENT OUT | 1015730020 ↗ |
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HOLMES TOWERS comprises 534 apartments across 2 buildings, operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The development is part of NYCHA's portfolio of approximately 159,354 apartments across 305 publicly-tracked developments city-wide.
MetroDeeds tracks 3 HPD violations at HOLMES TOWERS as of May 29, 2026: 0 Class C (immediately hazardous), 2 Class B (hazardous), and 1 Class A (non-hazardous). HPD violations are recorded by the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development based on building inspections and complaint follow-ups.
HOLMES TOWERS is owned and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the public agency responsible for NYC's federal public housing portfolio. NYCHA handles property management, maintenance, and tenant services directly at this development (no PACT/RAD private-management transfer on record).
HOLMES TOWERS has approximately 0.006 HPD violations per apartment, versus the NYCHA-wide cohort average of approximately 0.05 violations per apartment (8,273 violations across 159,354 apartments). That is below the NYCHA-wide cohort average.
HOLMES TOWERS residents can request maintenance work via the MyNYCHA app (see nyc.gov/site/nycha/residents/mynycha.page for app store links) or by calling NYCHA's Customer Contact Center at 718-707-7771, available 24 hours a day. For emergency conditions HPD also enforces — including heat or hot water failures during heat-season months, no water, or mold — residents can additionally file a complaint with HPD by calling 311 or visiting nyc.gov/311. Sustained non-response can be escalated through NYC Housing Court via an HP Action; see the methodology page for guidance.
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