5 West 131st Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~73% of buildings in this ZIP (28 open)
- 10 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1909) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 12 units registered
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
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.
5 West 131st Street
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- City records show 28 open HPD violations, 10 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?
- Public records list 12 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show its legal regulated rent and lease history?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance….
- 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.
5 West 131 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10037. The closest subway is 135 St (2,3) (5-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-04-07 "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THEN 10 SQ FT AT CEILING IN TH…"
- 2026-02-04 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK ABOVE CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCA…"
- 2026-02-04 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE KITCHEN…"
- 2026-02-04 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK ABOVE CEILING. IN THE BATHROOM LO…"
- 2025-06-03 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM N…"
- 2024-04-26
- Class C · 10 open · penalty 150 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 16 open · penalty 80 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
- 2026-02-13 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-02-01 · Apt 4AF · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-12-11 · Apt 4AF · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2019-11-08 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2013-03-01 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2011 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2004-10-05
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 1909. 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: 174
- PETIT LARCENY: 100
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 96
- FELONY ASSAULT: 60
- GRAND LARCENY: 54
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 399
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 102
- Noise - Residential: 79
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 77
- PLUMBING: 73
- 2142 A J. FOOD CORP.
- MOCHA DELI GROCERY CORP
- BOWERS,KELVIN
- P.S. 133 Fred R Moore
- P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter
- I S 275
- Harlem Renaissance High School
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce
- 135 St
- 125 St
- 125 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary
- Hansborough Recreation Center
- Harlem Rose Garden
- Howard Bennett Playground
- Ged-P2g-Harlem Renaissance-Ahsep
- Eng 59 Lad 30 - Parking
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Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Fiber 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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