470 Lenox Avenue
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~95% of buildings in this ZIP (122 open)
- 20 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (76 vs ~14)
- Built in 1960 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 217 units registered
About this building
City records list 1960 as the year built — newer than 86% of the 245 buildings we cover in ZIP 10037, and the newest of the 6 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 3.2 times the size of its lot: 273,497 sq ft of building on an 84,425 sq ft lot. 286 apartments — more than 94% of the 242 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10037 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 14, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
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.
470 Lenox Avenue
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- City records show 122 open HPD violations, 20 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?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 217 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: Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance.
- 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.
470 Lenox Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10037. The closest subway is 135 St (2,3) (2-minute walk), served by the 2 and 3 lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: March 2014 · 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.
- 2026-09-21 "§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONS…"
- 2026-09-21 "§ 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVA…"
- 2026-08-27 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED…"
- 2026-08-27 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE VINYL FLOOR TILES IN THE KITCHEN LOCATE…"
- 2026-08-27 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM N…"
- 2026-07-18
- 2026-07-16
- 2026-05-26
- 2025-01-03
- 2024-09-04
- Class C · 20 open · penalty 300 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 84 open · penalty 420 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 18 open · penalty 18 · (1/ea)
- 2026-05-21 · Apt 16F · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-05-21 · Apt 16F · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-05-21 · Apt 16F · NON EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2026-04-28
- 2025-10-08
- 2025-08-27
- 2025-08-18
- 2025-01-13
- Feb 22, 2023 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2023"
- Nov 3, 2021 "DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE THAT BUILDING LOCATED AT 490 LENOX AVENUE SUSTAINED THROUGHOUT ENTIRE STRUCTURE. SAFETY ZON…"
- Sep 30, 2020 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1960. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 56
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 22
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 20
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 17
- PETIT LARCENY: 17
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 267
- PLUMBING: 82
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 70
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 70
- PAINT/PLASTER: 67
- 475 MALCOLM X BOULEVARD
- 482 LENOX AVE
- 477 MALCOLM X BLVD
- P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm
- P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet
- P.S. 133 Fred R Moore
- I S 275
- Academy of Collaborative Education
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy 1 Charter S
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy 1 Charter S
- Harlem Renaissance High School
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter
- 135 St
- 125 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- William Mccray Playground
- 32 Precinct Off Street Parking
- United Block Association Garden
- Blackberry Productions, Inc.
- Democracy Prep Charter High School
- Harlem Grown 134th Street Green House
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 · 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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