485 Lenox Avenue
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~79% of buildings in this ZIP (46 open)
- 3 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built in 1963
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)
errands grade
nearby
485 Lenox Avenue
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- City records show 46 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 2006 — 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, 3, B, and C lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-07-17 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC LIGHT SWITCH COVER PLATE AT SOUTH WALL, IN TH…"
- 2026-07-17 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING, IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED…"
- 2026-07-17 "566 (B) 27-2021.4 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF PESTS. EVIDENCE OF FLIES LOCATED AT APT 7B, 7th STORY, 2nd APART…"
- 2026-07-09 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING IN N…"
- 2026-07-09 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FR…"
- 2023-04-27
- Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 1 open · penalty 15 · (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 FOOD CORP.
- WINSOME DELI INC
- LENOX GOLD MARKET CORPORATION
- 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
- I S 275
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- Academy of Collaborative Education
- 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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