278 West 118th Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~82% of buildings in this ZIP (47 open)
- 3 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (43 vs ~9)
- Built before 1939 (1920) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
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)
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278 West 118th Street
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- City records show 47 open HPD violations, 3 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 2014 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: And is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations….
- 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.
278 West 118 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10026. The closest subway is 116 St (C,B) (1-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, A, B, C, and D lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-04-29 "(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR…"
- 2026-04-25 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY"
- 2025-11-26 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT EAST WALL AT PUBLIC HALL STA…"
- 2025-11-26 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT EAST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY…"
- 2025-11-17 "§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-20…"
- Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 25 open · penalty 125 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 16 open · penalty 16 · (1/ea)
- 2026-05-08 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2026-05-08 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-05-03 · Apt BLDG · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2011-12-13 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2009-01-01
- 2007-01-19
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 1920. 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: 113
- HARRASSMENT 2: 96
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 78
- GRAND LARCENY: 52
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 43
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 306
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 160
- Noise - Commercial: 114
- Illegal Parking: 110
- Noise - Residential: 99
- SYNDESIS DESIGN-BUILD CORP.
- PARK 117TH, LLC
- 444 MANHATTAN PARKING CORP.
- Harlem Hebrew Language Charter School
- New York French American Charter School
- P.S. 076 A. Philip Randolph
- New York French American Charter School
- P.S. 076 A. Philip Randolph
- P.S. 180 Hugo Newman
- New York French American Charter School
- Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Vis
- JHS 088 Wadleigh
- 116 St
- 116 St
- Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Torkomada, Inc.
- Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc.
- P.s. 180 Hugo Newman
- A Philip Randolph Square
- Center For Accelerated Learning
- Sebastian Chamber Players, Inc.
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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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