179 Bennett Avenue
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- 2 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built in 1960
- Rent-stabilized: 82 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.
179 Bennett Avenue
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- City records show 20 open HPD violations, 2 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?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 82 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: Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective hardwood floor in the foyer.
- 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.
179 Bennett Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10040. The closest subway is 190 St (A) (4-minute walk), served by the 1 and A lines.
Building Condition
- 2024-02-02 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE HARDWOOD FLOOR IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT…"
- 2019-02-17 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE 2nd…"
- 2019-02-17 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 9D, 9th STORY, 1st…"
- 2019-02-17 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE KIT…"
- 2019-02-17 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 9D, 9th…"
- Class C · 2 open · penalty 30 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 16 open · penalty 80 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
- 2026-02-10 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-02-10 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-02-09 · Apt 3F · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-03-12
- 2024-07-02
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2021-12-01 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2020-09-02 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1960. 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: 83
- GRAND LARCENY: 38
- HARRASSMENT 2: 37
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 29
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 24
- Noise - Residential: 249
- Illegal Parking: 122
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 95
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 56
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 55
- JOSEPH AUTO SONIDO, INC.
- JOSEPH AUTO SONIDO, INC.
- RAMIREZ, RUBEN
- Success Academy Charter School - Washington Height
- P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs
- Amber Charter School II
- P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs
- I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
- I.S. 218 Salome Urena
- I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
- I.S. 218 Salome Urena
- City College Academy of the Arts
- 190 St
- 191 St
- 181 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Russian Musical Arts Society Of America, Inc.
- Cocolart
- Children's Arts & Science Workshops, Inc.
- Russian American Cultural Heritage Center
- Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch
- Success Academy Charter School - Washington Heights
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Spectrum Cable Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 50 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 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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