485 Lenox 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 ~78% of buildings in this ZIP (45 open)
- 3 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built in 1963 (city records)
About this building
City records list 1963 as the year built — newer than 87% of the 245 buildings we cover in ZIP 10037, and the newest of the 6 buildings we cover on this block. At 16 floors, the tallest on this block. 160 apartments — the most of any building we cover on this block, and more than 91% of the 242 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10037 have fewer. The building’s floor space is 6.3 times the size of its lot: 157,728 sq ft of building on a 24,979 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 4, 2026.
485 Lenox Avenue
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- City records show 45 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 1992 — 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: Properly repair or replace the broken or defective electric light switch cover plate….
- 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.
485 Lenox Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10037. The closest subway is 135 St (2,3) (1-minute walk), served by the 2 and 3 lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: August 1992 · Most recent: July 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.
- 2026-07-17
- 2026-07-17
- 2026-07-17
- 2026-07-09
- 2026-07-09
- 2023-04-27
- Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 23 open · penalty 115 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 19 open · penalty 19 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-03 · Apt 14E · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-02-10 · Apt 14C · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-12-06 · Apt 9I · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2022-08-02 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- 2019-09-19 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2019-09-19 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1963. 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.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2026) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 240
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 154
- PETIT LARCENY: 108
- FELONY ASSAULT: 85
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 75
- Illegal Parking: 190
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 154
- Noise - Residential: 72
- PLUMBING: 67
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 65
- 477 MALCOLM X BLVD
- 482 LENOX AVE
- 475 MALCOLM X BOULEVARD
- P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet
- P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- I S 275
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- Academy of Collaborative Education
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy 1 Charter S
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem
- 135 St
- 135 St
- 125 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Langston Hughes Playground
- Off Street Parking For 32 Precinct
- Hansborough Recreation Center
- Abyssinian Tot Lot
- Howard Bennett Playground
- William Mccray Playground
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 · 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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