170 West 85th Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Oct 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~93% of buildings in this ZIP (41 open)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1900) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
170 West 85th Street
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- City records show 41 open HPD violations under 513 Amsterdam Avenue — the address HPD files this building’s records under, not the address on this page. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2003 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- We found no DHCR rent-stabilization unit count for this building. That is not the same as the building being market-rate — a registration can be on file with no unit figure, or not have been filed at all. Ask the landlord directly whether the unit is rent-stabilized, and request your own rent history from DHCR.
- City Buildings Department records show an open life-safety condition (e.g. unsafe building / hazardous facade) — what is it, and has it actually been resolved, not just re-filed?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling….
170 West 85th Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10024. The closest subway is 86 St (1) (3-minute walk), served by the 1 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: May 2003 · Most recent: September 2023. 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.
- 2023-09-14
- 2023-09-14
- 2023-09-07
- 2023-09-07
- 2014-07-25
- Class B · 29 open · penalty 145 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 12 open · penalty 12 · (1/ea)
- 2025-12-02 · Apt 1ER · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-12-02 · Apt 1ER · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-08-07
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2021-10-27
- 2020-11-25 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations are on record for this building. That means no complaint or inspection was filed — not that the building is lead-free.
Built 1900. 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. 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: 238
- HARRASSMENT 2: 186
- GRAND LARCENY: 83
- SEX CRIMES: 62
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 59
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 130
- Illegal Parking: 110
- Noise - Commercial: 61
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 51
- Noise - Residential: 48
- 518 AMSTERDAM AVE
- 201 WEST 85 STREET
- 535 AMSTERDAM AVE
- Success Academy Charter School - Upper West
- P.S. 009 Sarah Anderson
- M.S. 243 Center School
- Success Academy Charter School - Upper West
- M.S. 243 Center School
- P.S. M811 - Mickey Mantle School
- The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers
- The Global Learning Collaborative
- Innovation Diploma Plus
- 86 St
- 79 St
- 86 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Silent Cinema Presentations, Inc.
- Center At West Park, Inc.
- Music In The Center
- Ballet Hispanico Of New York, Inc.
- Children's Museum Of Manhattan
- Success Academy Charter School - Upper West
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
- Astound Broadband Cable Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 50 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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