478 West 159th 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
- More open HPD violations than ~68% of buildings in this ZIP (41 open)
- 4 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1896) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 15 of 15 units
About this building
City records list 1896 as the year built — older than 95% of the 708 buildings we cover in ZIP 10032, and the oldest of the 27 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 4.5 times the size of its lot: 13,570 sq ft of building on a 2,997 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 10, 2026.
478 West 159th Street
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- City records show 41 open HPD violations, 4 immediately hazardous (Class C) under 970 St Nicholas Avenue — the address HPD files this building’s records under, not the address on this page. 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 15 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.
478 West 159th Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10032. The closest subway is 163 St-Amsterdam Av (C) (3-minute walk), served by the C line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: December 2014 · Most recent: October 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.
- 2026-10-25
- 2026-10-25
- 2026-10-25
- 2026-10-25
- 2026-10-25
- 2026-10-25
- 2026-10-25
- 2025-11-01
- Class C · 4 open · penalty 60 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 33 open · penalty 165 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 4 open · penalty 4 · (1/ea)
- 2026-02-08 · Apt 2B · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-02-03 · Apt 1A · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2026-01-30 · Apt 5C · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 1997-02-10
- 1995-08-29
- 1995-08-29
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 1896. 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
- HARRASSMENT 2: 92
- PETIT LARCENY: 78
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 72
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 67
- FELONY ASSAULT: 47
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 1,750
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 645
- Noise - Residential: 189
- Illegal Parking: 180
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 121
- 535 EDGECOMBE AVENUE
- 1995 AMSTERDAM AVE
- 1989 AMSTERDAM AVE
- P.S. 004 Duke Ellington
- P.S. 028 Wright Brothers
- WHIN Music Community
- Community Health Academy of the Heights
- JHS 164 Edward W Stitt
- P.S. 046 Arthur Tappan
- Community Health Academy of the Heights
- Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathe
- 163 St-Amsterdam Av
- 155 St
- 157 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Morris Jumel Mansion Inc
- Holcombe Rucker Park
- P.s. 004 Duke Ellington
- Bwso Manhattan Sewer Maintenance
- Wright Brothers Playground
- Broadway Malls
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
- Astound Broadband Cable Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 50 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 35 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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