NYC Landlord Lookup
Enter any NYC address and find out who's actually behind the building — and how they run the rest of what they own.
The LLC problem
Ask most NYC tenants who their landlord is and you'll get the name of an LLC that sounds like a Wi-Fi password. That's legal and common — ownership routinely sits behind entities like “123 Street Owner LLC” — but it means the person whose habits will shape your next year is, by default, anonymous. The public record is the way through.
What registration reveals
Every residential building with three or more units must register annually with HPD — and the registration names names: owners, officers, managing agents, addresses. It's how an LLC resolves to people. It's also a signal in itself: registration has lapsed on 51,658 buildings in the current records, and an owner who skips the accountability paperwork is telling you something — lapsed registration can even block an owner from pursuing a nonpayment case.
Why the portfolio beats the building
One building's file shows you one building's luck. A landlord's portfolio shows you their habits: whether violations cluster across everything they own, whether evictions are rare events or standard practice, whether one building in city enforcement is an outlier or a pattern. The record follows the owner across every address — which is exactly how you should read it.
The five signals
A landlord's record runs on five public signals — executed evictions, enforcement-program placement, litigation and harassment findings, tax liens, and registration status. We wrote the full worst-first decoder here: Your Landlord Has a Record. Here's How to Read It. The search box above runs the check.
FAQ
How do I find out who owns a building in NYC?
HPD registration records name the owners, officers, and managing agents behind a building — start with the address in the search above.
Why is my landlord an LLC?
Liability and privacy — it's legal and very common. Registration records and portfolio data are how an LLC connects back to the people and their track record.
What shows up on a landlord's record?
Executed evictions, enforcement programs like AEP, housing-court litigation including harassment findings, tax liens, and registration status — read across the full portfolio.
Is this the same as a landlord review site?
No — these are city records, not opinions. Reviews tell you how tenants felt; the record shows what happened.