17 Fort George Hill
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~70% of buildings in this ZIP (43 open)
- 10 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built in 1961
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
17 Fort George Hill
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- City records show 43 open HPD violations, 10 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 1990 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at basement.
- 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.
17 Ft George Hl sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10040. The closest subway is Dyckman St (1) (4-minute walk), served by the 1 and A lines.
Building Condition
- 2025-06-03 "§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BASEMENT"
- 2025-06-03 "§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4J, 4th STORY, 3rd…"
- 2024-12-14 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT WEST WALL INSIDE OF…"
- 2024-12-14 "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... MORE THAN 10 SQ.FT INSIDE OF UPPER…"
- 2024-12-11 "§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE OR MISSING SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5J, 5th STORY, 2nd APAR…"
- 2024-12-11
- 2024-09-30
- 2024-09-30
- Class C · 10 open · penalty 150 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 18 open · penalty 90 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 15 open · penalty 15 · (1/ea)
- 2026-02-02 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-03-18
- 2024-12-05
- 2024-02-28
- 2024-06-23 "FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 - MULTIPLE YEARS (2023)"
- 2023-04-22 "FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 IN 2022"
- 2023-02-22 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2023"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1961. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 76
- HARRASSMENT 2: 61
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 52
- GRAND LARCENY: 34
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 29
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 198
- Noise - Residential: 136
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 124
- Illegal Parking: 75
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 63
- GARCIA, ISAAC
- GUASIMITO FOOD CORP
- GUASIMITO FOOD CORP
- Professor Juan Bosch Public School
- P.S. 152 Dyckman Valley
- The Equity Project Charter School (TEP)
- The Equity Project Charter School (TEP)
- I.S. 218 Salome Urena
- City College Academy of the Arts
- The College Academy
- High School for Media and Communications
- High School for Law and Public Service
- Dyckman St
- 191 St
- 190 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Russian American Cultural Heritage Center
- Equity Project Charter School (The)
- High School For Media And Communications
- City College Magnet School Of The Arts
- Ym & Ywha Of Washington Heights And Inwood
- Amelia Gorman Park
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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 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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