256 West 135th Street
Top insights
- Fewer open HPD violations than ~74% of buildings in this ZIP (2 open)
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (2 vs ~9)
- Built before 1939 (1910) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 8 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.
256 West 135th Street
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- City records show 2 open HPD violations 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 2023 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Public records list 8 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show its legal regulated rent and lease history?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide 3 extra sprinkler heads and suitable wrench for emergency purposes at o.s.y. valve….
256 West 135 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10030. The closest subway is 135 St (C,B) (3-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, A, B, C, and D lines.
Building Condition
- 2023-07-07 "§ 27-2050 ADM CODE PROVIDE 3 EXTRA SPRINKLER HEADS AND SUITABLE WRENCH FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES AT O.S.Y. VALVE OF SPRINKL…"
- 2023-07-07 "§ 53, 187, 231 M/D LAW AND DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. PROVIDE A SHOE PROPERLY SECURED TO BOTTOM OF STRING OF DROP…"
- Class B · 1 open · penalty 5 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2025-12-17 · Apt APT2F · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-07-19 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-07-19 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2018-04-06 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2017-02-24 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 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
- PETIT LARCENY: 214
- HARRASSMENT 2: 163
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 127
- SEX CRIMES: 113
- GRAND LARCENY: 53
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 361
- Illegal Parking: 88
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 84
- PAINT/PLASTER: 56
- PLUMBING: 54
- 8TH AVENUE MINI MALL INC.
- 8TH AVENUE MINI MALL INC.
- DEB PARKING LLC
- P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune
- P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy 1 Charter S
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem
- KAPPA IV
- I S 275
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem
- KAPPA IV
- I S 275
- 135 St
- 135 St
- 125 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Langston Hughes Playground
- Off Street Parking For 32 Precinct
- Abyssinian Tot Lot
- Eng 59 Lad 30 - Parking
- Blackberry Productions, Inc.
- Democracy Prep Charter High School
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- 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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