120 West 138th Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~81% of buildings in this ZIP (40 open)
- 18 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (44 vs ~9)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1937) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 48 units registered
About this building
City records list 1937 as the year built — newer than 91% of the 708 buildings we cover in ZIP 10030. The building’s floor space is 4.2 times the size of its lot: 29,412 sq ft of building on a 6,937 sq ft lot. 47 apartments — more than 92% of the 709 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10030 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 3, 2026.
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
120 West 138th Street
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- City records show 40 open HPD violations, 18 immediately hazardous (Class C) at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2019 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 48 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide ready access to buildings heating system no access to locked boiler room door….
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
120 West 138th Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10030. The closest subway is 135 St (2,3) (3-minute walk), served by the 2 and 3 lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: April 2019 · Most recent: October 2026. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 2026-10-24 "§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM NO ACCESS TO LOCKED BOILER ROOM DOOR AT BOILER ROOM"
- 2026-10-24
- 2026-10-24
- 2026-10-18
- 2026-10-18
- 2026-08-31
- 2026-06-10
- 2021-01-04
- Class C · 18 open · penalty 270 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 18 open · penalty 90 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 4 open · penalty 4 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-06 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-06-05 · Apt 1D · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2026-06-05 · Apt 1D · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2019-05-02 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- 2014-05-30 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2012 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
- 1993-10-13
3 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2022); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960 (this building: built 1937). The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
Also on record: 16 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2023) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 306
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 179
- PETIT LARCENY: 149
- FELONY ASSAULT: 99
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 73
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 531
- Noise - Residential: 208
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 191
- PLUMBING: 140
- PAINT/PLASTER: 127
- 551 LENOX AVE
- 200 W 138TH ST
- 596 LENOX AVENUE
- P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet
- P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- I S 275
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School
- 135 St
- 145 St
- 135 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Brigadier General Charles Young Playground
- Hansborough Recreation Center
- Abyssinian Tot Lot
- Howard Bennett Playground
- Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5
- William Mccray Playground
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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