185 Saint Nicholas' Avenue
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~93% of buildings in this ZIP (95 open)
- 20 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1910) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 2 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.
185 Saint Nicholas' Avenue
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- City records show 95 open HPD violations, 20 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 2001 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Public records list 2 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show its legal regulated rent and lease history?
- 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: 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.
185 Saint Nicholas' Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10026. The closest subway is 116 St (C,B) (2-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, A, B, C, and D lines.
Building Condition
- 2025-01-16 "§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st…"
- 2025-01-16 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCES AT LOWER SASH AT FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN…"
- 2025-01-16 "§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR AT BASEMENT AT BOILER ROOM"
- 2024-12-26 "§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSI…"
- 2024-07-14 "§ 27-2053 ADM CODE POST SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY BEARING NAME, ADDRESS INCLUDING APARTMENT NUMBER IF ANY, AND TELE…"
- Class C · 20 open · penalty 300 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 55 open · penalty 275 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 20 open · penalty 20 · (1/ea)
- 2026-01-25 · Apt 4E · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-11-26 · Apt 5C · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-09-26 · Apt 3W · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-09-29 "PROVIDE A SIDEWALK SHED WITH A TOTAL OF APPRO 170' LINEAR FEET AS FOLL OW @ EXPO#1 (WEST 119 STREET) INSTALL A…"
- 2025-09-28 "REQUESTING ENGINEERING DUE TO BUILDINGS CORNICE BEING IN DISREPAIR. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED AT THE…"
- 2015-03-03 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT"
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 1910. 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
- HARRASSMENT 2: 97
- PETIT LARCENY: 95
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 74
- GRAND LARCENY: 49
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 48
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 234
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 110
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 79
- Illegal Parking: 65
- Encampment: 60
- NDAW, SEYNABOU
- 444 MANHATTAN PARKING CORP.
- ADNADER, INC.
- P.S. 076 A. Philip Randolph
- Harlem Hebrew Language Charter School
- P.S. 180 Hugo Newman
- P.S. 076 A. Philip Randolph
- P.S. 180 Hugo Newman
- JHS 088 Wadleigh
- JHS 088 Wadleigh
- The Opportunity Charter School
- Columbia Secondary School
- 116 St
- 116 St
- 125 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Torkomada, Inc.
- P.s. 242 - The Young Diplomats Magnet Academy
- American Performing Arts Collaborative, Inc.
- Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc.
- P.s. 180 Hugo Newman
- Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1
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 Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 50 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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