526 West 158th Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~87% of buildings in this ZIP (87 open)
- 14 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1925) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
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)
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526 West 158th Street
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- City records show 87 open HPD violations, 14 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 1996 — 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: Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed at door leading to egress window.
- 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.
526 West 158 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10032. The closest subway is 157 St (1) (2-minute walk), served by the 1, A, B, C, and D lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: March 1996. 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.
- 2025-09-30 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT WEST WALL AT…"
- 2024-06-13 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WASHBASIN CABINET IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 32, 3…"
- 2022-06-19 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED AT DOOR LEADING TO EGRESS…"
- 2021-12-16 "§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR INOPERABLE LOCATED AT APT 65, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST…"
- 2021-12-16 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT SOUTH AND EAST WALL…"
- 2021-12-16
- 2021-10-03
- 2021-10-03
- Class C · 14 open · penalty 210 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 53 open · penalty 265 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 20 open · penalty 20 · (1/ea)
- 2025-08-18 · Apt 2 · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
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 1925. 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.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2011) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 116
- PETIT LARCENY: 106
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 84
- FELONY ASSAULT: 59
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 56
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 1,084
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 756
- Noise - Residential: 258
- PLUMBING: 144
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 142
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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 · 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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