273 West 138th 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
- 5 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1891) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 18 of 18 units
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 3.8 times the size of its lot: 15,588 sq ft of building on a 4,147 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 3, 2026.
273 West 138th Street
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- City records show 11 open HPD violations, 5 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 1997 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 18 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.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location….
- 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.
273 West 138th Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10030. The closest subway is 135 St (C,B) (3-minute walk), served by the B and C lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: August 1997 · Most recent: January 2014. 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.
- 2014-01-10
- 2013-02-21
- 2013-02-21
- 2013-02-21
- 2008-04-21
- Class C · 5 open · penalty 75 · (15/ea)
- Class A · 6 open · penalty 6 · (1/ea)
- 2026-03-16 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2024-07-23
- 2014-08-13 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2014-03-06
- 2013-12-31
3 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2008). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
2 earlier hazards cited and remediated.
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 (this building: built 1891). 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: 251
- HARRASSMENT 2: 165
- SEX CRIMES: 113
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 101
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 65
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 129
- Illegal Parking: 89
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 50
- Noise - Residential: 44
- PLUMBING: 42
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- KAPPA IV
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- 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
- Blackberry Productions, Inc.
- Democracy Prep Charter High School
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.
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