520 Manhattan Avenue
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~98% of buildings in this ZIP (167 open)
- 16 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (48 vs ~5)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1900) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
City records list 1900 as the year built — older than 72% of the 1,385 buildings we cover in ZIP 10027. The building’s floor space is 3.8 times the size of its lot: 9,010 sq ft of building on a 2,375 sq ft lot.
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
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(311 complaints)
errands grade
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520 Manhattan Avenue
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- City records show 167 open HPD violations, 16 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 2017 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- We found no DHCR rent-stabilization unit count for this building. That is not the same as the building being market-rate — a registration can be on file with no unit figure, or not have been filed at all. Ask the landlord directly whether the unit is rent-stabilized, and request your own rent history from DHCR.
- City Buildings Department records show an open life-safety condition (e.g. unsafe building / hazardous facade) — what is it, and has it actually been resolved, not just re-filed?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling.
- 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.
520 Manhattan Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10027. The closest subway is 125 St (A,C,B,D) (4-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, A, B, C, and D lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: April 2017 · Most recent: August 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.
- 2026-08-27 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 5th STORY"
- 2026-08-27 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING AND…"
- 2026-08-27 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING AT 1st PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM NORTH, 5th STORY"
- 2026-08-27 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILING AND EAST AND WEST WA…"
- 2026-08-27 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING AND…"
- 2026-05-08
- 2021-09-25
- 2021-09-04
- 2019-10-15
- 2019-10-09
- Class C · 16 open · penalty 240 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 135 open · penalty 675 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 16 open · penalty 16 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-27 · Apt 1D · EMERGENCY · SAFETY
- 2026-04-27 · Apt 1D · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-04-27 · Apt 1D · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- Dec 30, 2025 "REMEDY: REPAIR AND MAINTAIN APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET.OF SIDEWALK SHED AT EXPOSURE 1 IN CODED.COMPLIANCE"
- Oct 4, 2023 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- Nov 14, 2016 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2014 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
3 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2024); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
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 (this building: built 1900). 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: 33
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 30
- PETIT LARCENY: 25
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 24
- GRAND LARCENY: 14
- Illegal Parking: 303
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 101
- Noise - Residential: 64
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 40
- PLUMBING: 40
- 507 MANHATTAN AVENUE
- 348 W 122ND ST
- 346 W 121ST ST
- P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche
- P.S. 076 A. Philip Randolph
- P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas
- P.S. 076 A. Philip Randolph
- Democracy Prep Endurance Charter School
- P.S. 129 John H. Finley
- Democracy Prep Endurance Charter School
- PS 162m
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem
- 125 St
- 116 St
- 125 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 76 Garden
- Torkomada, Inc.
- American Performing Arts Collaborative, Inc.
- Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc.
- P.s. 154 Harriet Tubman
- New York French-American Charter School
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 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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