197 Lenox Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- The most open HPD violations of any building in this ZIP (361 open)
- 70 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (19 vs ~9)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1888) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
City records list 1888 as the year built — older than 95% of the 758 buildings we cover in ZIP 10026. Inside the Mount Morris Park Historic District. The building’s floor space is 2.6 times the size of its lot: 4,464 sq ft of building on a 1,700 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 21, 2026.
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.
197 Lenox Avenue
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- City records show 361 open HPD violations, 70 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 1993 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists no rent-stabilized units in this building. If anyone tells you this unit is stabilized, ask to see the registration — and if it was deregulated, ask on what grounds and in what year.
- 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.
- 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.
197 Lenox Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10026. The closest subway is 116 St (2,3) (4-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, B, and C lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: September 1993 · Most recent: October 2026. 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.
- 2026-10-13
- 2026-10-13
- 2026-10-13
- 2026-10-13
- 2026-10-13
- 2025-12-26
- 2025-12-26
- 2025-10-10
- 2024-07-25
- 2021-09-20
- Class C · 70 open · penalty 1050 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 9 open · penalty 9 · (1/ea)
- Class B · 216 open · penalty 1080 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 66 open · penalty 66 · (1/ea)
- 2026-03-08 · Apt 4B · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-03-08 · Apt 4B · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-03-08 · Apt 4B · EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- Apr 25, 2023 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- Nov 8, 2019 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT"
- Apr 6, 2018 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 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 1888. 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: 25
- HARRASSMENT 2: 19
- GRAND LARCENY: 13
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 10
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 7
- Illegal Parking: 301
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 107
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 51
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 47
- Noise - Residential: 42
- 193 MALCOLM X BOULEVARD
- 180 MALCOLM X BLVD
- 217 MALCOLM X BOULEVARD
- P.S. 242 - The Young Diplomats Magnet Academy
- P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth
- Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 1
- P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth
- PS 162m
- P.S. 076 A. Philip Randolph
- PS 162m
- P.S. M079 - Horan School
- Democracy Prep Endurance Charter School
- 116 St
- 125 St
- 116 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 76 Garden
- Torkomada, Inc.
- Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc.
- New York Classical Theatre, Inc.
- P.s. 242 - The Young Diplomats Magnet Academy
- Sebastian Chamber Players, Inc.
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Astound Broadband Cable Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 50 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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