281 Wadsworth Avenue
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 ~71% of buildings in this ZIP (44 open)
- 22 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (53 vs ~26)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1924) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 85 units registered
About this building
84 apartments — the most of any of the 21 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 3.7 times the size of its lot: 70,310 sq ft of building on an 18,975 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 10, 2026.
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.
281 Wadsworth Avenue
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- City records show 44 open HPD violations, 22 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 2019 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 85 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: Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment.
- 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.
281 Wadsworth Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10040. The closest subway is 191 St (1) (3-minute walk), served by the 1 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: September 2019 · Most recent: September 2026. 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.
- 2026-09-11
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- Class C · 22 open · penalty 330 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 18 open · penalty 90 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 4 open · penalty 4 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-10 · Apt 1 · NON EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2026-06-10 · Apt 1 · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-06-10 · Apt 1 · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2023-04-22 "FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 - MULTIPLE YEARS (2022)"
- 2022-08-21 "FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 - MULTIPLE YEARS (2021)"
- 2022-08-20 "FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 - MULTIPLE YEARS (2020)"
1 open lead-paint hazard violation on record (most recent 2023). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
26 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 1924). 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.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2021) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 81
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 76
- HARRASSMENT 2: 69
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 62
- GRAND LARCENY: 52
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 571
- Illegal Parking: 271
- Noise - Commercial: 252
- Noise - Residential: 204
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 170
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- P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek
- P.S. 189
- I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
- J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt
- Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
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- The College Academy
- High School for Media and Communications
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- Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch
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 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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