139 Payson Avenue
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~74% of buildings in this ZIP (48 open)
- 21 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (298 vs ~20)
- Built before 1939 (1927) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 49 units registered
Class B
Class C
past 12 months
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
past 12 mo (150m)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
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.
139 Payson Avenue
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- City records show 48 open HPD violations, 21 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 2014 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Public records list 49 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show its legal regulated rent and lease history?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment.
- 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.
139 Payson Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10034. The closest subway is Dyckman St (A) (5-minute walk), served by the 1 and A lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-07-03 "§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEV…"
- 2026-07-03 "§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4H, 4th STORY, 1st…"
- 2026-07-03 "§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MON…"
- 2026-07-01 "HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STO…"
- 2026-07-01 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6t…"
- 2026-07-01
- 2025-05-09
- 2024-12-05
- 2024-12-05
- Class C · 21 open · penalty 315 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 20 open · penalty 100 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 7 open · penalty 7 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-26 · Apt 6A · NON EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2026-06-26 · Apt 6A · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-06-26 · Apt 6A · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-06-03
- 2025-10-23
- 2025-05-27
- 2023-11-14
- 2023-07-11 "FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. RETAINING WALL APPROX 12'-0" IN HEIGHT AND 150LF IN LEN…"
- 2022-12-01 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2022-08-02 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
5 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2024). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
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 1927). 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.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 41
- HARRASSMENT 2: 37
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 31
- GRAND LARCENY: 31
- GRAND LARCENY OF MOTOR VEHICLE: 18
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 981
- Noise - Residential: 160
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 156
- PAINT/PLASTER: 124
- PLUMBING: 119
- JMW CONSTRUCTION INC.
- GILBERTO ELIESER MARTY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
- MY DELI GROCERY INC
- PS 176
- Amistad Dual Language School
- Muscota
- PS 176
- Amistad Dual Language School
- Harold O. Levy School
- Harold O. Levy School
- Inwood Early College for Health and Information Te
- High School for Excellence and Innovation
Levels add up to 15 because a school serving K-8 is listed under both Elementary and Middle. 12 distinct schools are within range.
- Dyckman St
- Inwood-207 St
- 207 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Washington Heights Academy
- Sukkahwood Inc.
- New Camerata Opera Inc
- Up Theater Company, Inc.
- Inwood Library–joseph And Sheila Rosenblatt Building
- Lt. Wm. Tighe Triangle
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Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable 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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