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203 West 131st Street

Manhattan · 10027 | BBL 1019370027 | BIN 1058710
HPD data as of October 31, 2026
F
Compliance verdict — Serious open violations — 5 immediately hazardous, about one for every 2 apartments

City records show open immediately-hazardous housing-code violations at this building.

23 open HPD violations on record: 5 Class A (non-hazardous), 13 Class B (hazardous), and 5 Class C (immediately hazardous).

Most serious recent open violation (Class C): Properly repair the broken or defective morise lockset at door in the entrance.

Oldest open HPD violation (Class B): 7,007 days (about 19 years), on record since 2007.

Violation figures current as of Oct 31, 2026.

A 10-unit building, built in 1910.

Open Buildings Department records

City Buildings Department (DOB) records show 8 open DOB violations at this address, none in the immediately dangerous class. See the DOB Compliance section below.

13
Open HPD
Class B
5
Open HPD
Class C
2174
311 calls
12 months to Aug 2026
n/a
Units registered as
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
10
Total residential
units (PLUTO)
312
Crime incidents (150m)
12 months through March 2026
$1,609
ZIP median
rent
1910
Year built
6 min
Closest subway
min walk
F
Noise grade
(311 complaints)
A
Walkable
errands grade
80 places
Amenities
nearby

Top insights

About this building

The building’s floor space is 3.7 times the size of its lot: 9,311 sq ft of building on a 2,498 sq ft lot.

Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 3, 2026.

203 West 131st Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10027. The closest subway is 135 St (2,3) (6-minute walk), served by the 2 and 3 lines.

What's the closest subway to 203 West 131 Street?
135 St (2,3) — a 6-minute walk (457m) from 203 West 131st Street. Served by the 2 and 3 lines.
Is 203 West 131 Street subject to lead-paint regulations?
Yes — built in 1910, before NYC's 1960 lead-paint cutoff. Annual inspections are required for units with children under 6. Source: NYC Local Law 1.

Building Condition

HPD Violations
HPD Online ↗
All-time HPD violations
Total30
Open23
Closed7

Oldest open violation: August 2007 · Most recent: April 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.

By severity class
Recent open violations
  • 2026-04-29 Class A · 188 days open "(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR…"
  • 2024-04-02 Class A · 945 days open "(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR…"
  • 2023-03-16 Class A · 1,328 days open "(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR…"
  • 2022-02-16 Class A · 1,721 days open "(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR…"
  • 2021-04-02 Class A · 2,041 days open "(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR…"
Pest Activity — part of HPD violations
No open pest violations on record.
Source: NYC Open Data, HPD open violations, as of October 20, 2026. · See this building on HPD Online ↗
  • Class C · 5 open · penalty 75 · (15/ea)
  • Class B · 13 open · penalty 65 · (5/ea)
  • Class A · 5 open · penalty 5 · (1/ea)
HPD Complaints
No HPD complaints filed in the past 12 months. No tenant has formally escalated a condition to HPD; could indicate clean upkeep, or that issues are being handled before reaching HPD.
Evictions
Executed residential evictions — last 5 years
Total1
By year
20231
Most recent
  • 2023-03-28 Apt 4B
DOB Compliance
DOB BIS ↗
All-time DOB activity
Violations
Total8
Open8
Closed0
Complaints
Total13
Open (active)0
Closed13
Recent open violations
  • 2019-11-08 LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT"
  • 2015-10-01 LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT"
  • 2015-03-03 LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT"
DOB data as of October 20, 2026 — read from the Department of Buildings on that date.
Bedbug History
HPD annual bedbug report (building-aggregate, no apt-level data)
Risk levelclean ✓
Filings on file0
Infested (last 3 yr)0
Lead Paint Exposure

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.

Source: HPD lead-paint violations (NYC Admin Code §27-2056).

The Building

Building (PLUTO)
NYC PLUTO tax-lot data
Year built1910 (116 yr old)
Building classC4 — Old-law tenement
Floors5
Residential units10
Building area (sqft)9,311
Lot area (sqft)2,498
Owner of record (PLUTO)LENOX PRESERVATION CLUSTER VII HDFC, INC .
Designations
Council district9
Rent Stabilization
—
Not applicable for this building type.
Energy benchmarking (LL84): not required — building is under 25,000 sq ft.

Neighborhood & Environment

Crime
NYPD complaints · 12 months through March 2026
150m
~1 block
300m
~2-3 blocks
Total312856
Violent3278
Shooting victims (Jan–Dec 2024)33
Felonies87245
Misdemeanors139373
Violations68187
Shooting counts are victim records — one incident with several victims counts more than once — and reflect Jan–Dec 2024 — most recent NYC shooting data available. All other counts cover 12 months through March 2026 — the most recent 12 months of available NYPD data.
Top crime types (300m radius):
  • HARRASSMENT 2: 187
  • ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 118
  • PETIT LARCENY: 99
  • FELONY ASSAULT: 58
  • CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 52
Borough context: Manhattan (12 mo): 30,239 incidents total.
311 / Quality of Life
Last 12 months · 150m radius
Total 311 calls2,174
Top complaint types
  • Noise - Residential: 730
  • HEAT/HOT WATER: 349
  • Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 218
  • UNSANITARY CONDITION: 101
  • PLUMBING: 77
By category
Other1,068
Noise1,008
Parking41
Rats18
Homeless16
Construction13
Drug5
Drinking4
Trash1
311 data as of August 16, 2026 — 311 records on this page date from the last full report rebuild.
Noise (311 dedicated)
F
Last 12 months · 150m radius
Total noise complaints1,008
Dominant subtypeResidential
By subtype
Residential730
Street Sidewalk218
Vehicle32
Commercial28
Noise-grade thresholds (per 12 months): A <10 · B <20 · C <50 · D <100
Noise grade: F — Very high noise activity. Based on 311 noise complaints logged within 150m over 12 months — an area signal, not a characteristic of this building. Separate from the building's compliance grade.
Flood Risk
Flood hazard zone — NYC 2020s floodplain projection (FEMA-based)
Zone X — minimal flood hazard (outside the mapped floodplain)
Flood susceptibility4 / 5
Parking
800m walk radius · NYC business-license records
Garages nearby5
Estimated monthly$400–600/mo
Closest 3 garages
  • 2215 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR BLVD 72m · $400–600/mo licensee: CORONA, LORENZO A
  • 161 W 132ND ST 185m · $400–600/mo licensee: VFC INDUSTRIES LTD.
  • 2278 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR BLVD 211m · $400–600/mo licensee: 2278 DELI & GROCERY INC.
Schools
Schools within 1 km / ~0.6 mile walk
Total nearby24
Elementary (K-5)5
Middle (6-8)6
High (9-12)3
Elementary — closest 3 by walk (5)
  • Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy 1 Charter S K-12 · 2 min (182m) · District 84
  • P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune Pre-K-5 · 2 min (192m) · District 5
  • P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet Pre-K-5 · 4 min (309m) · District 5
Middle — closest 3 by walk (6)
  • Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy 1 Charter S K-12 · 2 min (182m) · District 84
  • I S 275 6-8 · 3 min (260m) · District 5
  • Democracy Prep Endurance Charter School 6-12 · 5 min (385m) · District 84
High — closest 3 by walk (3)
  • Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy 1 Charter S K-12 · 2 min (182m) · District 84
  • Democracy Prep Endurance Charter School 6-12 · 5 min (385m) · District 84
  • Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem 6-12 · 6 min (459m) · District 5
Data source: NYC DOE school locations.
Subway / Transit
800m walk radius
Stations nearby4
Unique lines6
Lines served: 2 · 3 · A · B · C · D
Closest 3 stations
  • 135 St 2, 3 · 457m · 6 min walk · ADA accessible
  • 135 St C, B · 540m · 7 min walk
  • 125 St A, C, B, D · 580m · 7 min walk · ADA accessible
Neighborhood Amenities
A
800m walk radius
Total places nearby80
Eating (52) restaurants + fast food
Restaurants30
Fast food22
Daily essentials
Grocery (incl. convenience)16
→ Supermarkets6
→ Convenience10
Pharmacies4
ATMs0
ⓘ OpenStreetMap has no ATMs mapped within 800 m of this address. These counts come from volunteer mapping, so a zero means nothing of that kind is on the map here — not that there is none.
Coffee Index A — Coffee abundance (10 places selling coffee, of which 8 tagged as a café).
Walkable Errands A — Excellent walkability — all errand types nearby.
Restaurants Nearby
DOH-graded restaurants within ~450 m of this building
Graded restaurants nearby27
A: 18 B: 1 C: 3 Pending: 5
Sample
  • Grade A Hong Cheong · Chinese
  • Grade A Harlem Bar-B-Q / Nabe Harlem · Barbecue
  • Grade A Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill · Caribbean
  • Grade A Jacob Soul Food Restaurant · Soul Food
  • Grade A American Legion Veterans Post · American
  • Grade A Mcdonald's · Hamburgers
  • Grade A New Ocean · Chinese
  • Grade A J. Restaurant · African
Civic Facilities Nearby
Civic facilities within ~450 m of this building
Facilities nearby204
By category — top 8 of 18 (155 of 204 facilities)
Human Services29
Health Care25
Youth Services24
Day Care And Pre-Kindergarten19
Cultural Institutions17
Parks And Plazas15
Historical Sites14
Transportation12
Sample (parks · schools · cultural)
  • Langston Hughes Playground Parks And Plazas
  • Off Street Parking For 32 Precinct City Agency Parking, Maintenance, And Storage
  • Abyssinian Tot Lot Parks And Plazas
  • P.s. 154 Harriet Tubman Schools (K-12)
  • Eng 59 Lad 30 - Parking City Agency Parking, Maintenance, And Storage
  • Blackberry Productions, Inc. Cultural Institutions

Internet providers serving this area

Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:

  • Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 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.

Market & Availability

ZIP Median Rent
ZIP 10027 · ACS 5-Year 2019–2023 · ZIP level
Median rent$1,609/mo
Reflects existing leases, not current asking prices.
Affordability
ZIP 10027 · ACS 5-Year 2019–2023 · ZIP level
Median household income$64,220/yr
Median monthly income$5,352/mo
Max rent (30% rule)$1,606/mo
ZIP median rent$1,609/mo
ZIP median rent is 30.1% of median household income. The 30% threshold is the federal standard for housing cost burden.
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