221 West 139th Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~75% of buildings in this ZIP (31 open)
- 19 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1891) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
City records list 1891 as the year built — older than 94% of the 708 buildings we cover in ZIP 10030. Inside the St. Nicholas Historic District. The building’s floor space is 2.2 times the size of its lot: 4,034 sq ft of building on a 1,815 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 4, 2026.
221 West 139th Street
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- City records show 31 open HPD violations, 19 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 2015 — 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.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at basement.
- 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.
221 West 139th Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10030. The closest subway is 135 St (C,B) (5-minute walk), served by the B and C lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: March 2015 · Most recent: December 2025. 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.
- 2025-12-30 "§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BASEMENT"
- 2025-05-28
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- 2025-05-28
- Class C · 19 open · penalty 285 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 8 open · penalty 40 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 4 open · penalty 4 · (1/ea)
- 2026-02-21 · Apt 3FCALL · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-02-21 · Apt 3FCALL · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2026-02-08 · Apt 3FCALL · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2017-02-24 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2015-10-01 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2014-06-18 "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 1891. 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: 239
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 146
- PETIT LARCENY: 121
- FELONY ASSAULT: 78
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 75
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 384
- Noise - Commercial: 339
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 326
- Illegal Parking: 248
- Noise - Residential: 211
- 228 W 139TH ST
- 2400 7 AVENUE
- 200 W 138TH ST
- P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson
- P.S. 194 Countee Cullen
- P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet
- P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem
- KAPPA IV
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem
- Mott Hall High School
- 135 St
- 135 St
- 145 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Harlem Village Academy North Charter School
- Off Street Parking For 32 Precinct
- Abyssinian Tot Lot
- Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 5
- William Mccray Playground
- Blackberry Productions, Inc.
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 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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