253 West 72nd Street
Top insights
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 52% of buildings in this ZIP
- Built before 1939 (1926) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 83 of 259 units
Class B
Class C
12 months to Oct 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
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.
253 West 72nd Street
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- City records show no open HPD violations here — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 83 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.
253 West 72nd Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10023. The closest subway is 72 St (1,2,3) (2-minute walk), served by the 1, 2, and 3 lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-05-18 · Apt 1510 · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-05-18 · Apt 1510 · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-05-18 · Apt 1510 · NON EMERGENCY · APPLIANCE
- 2025-11-07
- 2025-09-12 "EWO DUE TO FAILURE TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES FOR DOCUMENTED UN SAFE FACADE FILLING # 903609 DATED 05/1…"
- 2023-11-22 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2023-10-04 "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 1926. 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: 102
- GRAND LARCENY: 88
- HARRASSMENT 2: 61
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 50
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 33
- Illegal Parking: 123
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 112
- Noise: 105
- Noise - Residential: 52
- Homeless Person Assistance: 43
- 271 WEST 72 STREET
- 268 W 72ND ST
- 265 W 72ND ST
- P.S. 199 Jessie Isador Straus
- Special Music School
- J.H.S. M044 William J. O'Shea
- Special Music School
- J.H.S. M044 William J. O'Shea
- The Anderson School
- Special Music School
- Manhattan Theatre Lab High School
- The Maxine Greene HS for Imaginative Inquiry
- 72 St
- 79 St
- 66 St-Lincoln Center
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Vital Theatre Company, Inc.
- Manhattan Star Academy
- P.s. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus
- Ballet Ambassadors, Inc.
- Verdi Square
- West End Day School
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
- Astound Broadband Cable Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 50 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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