53 East 131st Street
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
- The most open HPD violations of any building in this ZIP (197 open)
- 57 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (97 vs ~14)
- Built in 2008 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 28 units registered
About this building
City records list 2008 as the year built — newer than 94% of the 245 buildings we cover in ZIP 10037. The building’s floor space is 3.7 times the size of its lot: 27,990 sq ft of building on a 7,494 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 10, 2026.
53 East 131st Street
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- City records show 197 open HPD violations, 57 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 2020 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 28 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch-set in the entrance.
- 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.
53 East 131st Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10037. The closest subway is 125 St (4,5,6) (7-minute walk), served by the 4, 5, and 6 lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: September 2020 · Most recent: November 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.
- 2026-11-03
- 2026-11-03
- 2026-11-03
- 2026-11-03
- 2026-11-03
- 2026-11-03
- 2026-11-03
- 2026-08-28
- 2026-08-28
- 2026-08-25
- Class C · 57 open · penalty 855 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 115 open · penalty 575 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 25 open · penalty 25 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-16 · Apt 1B · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-06-05 · Apt 4C · EMERGENCY · SAFETY
- 2026-06-05 · Apt 4C · EMERGENCY · SAFETY
- 2026-04-14
- 2025-12-09
- 2025-08-05
- 2023-12-15
- 2024-10-30 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2024-06-26 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2024-05-01 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2008, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 147
- PETIT LARCENY: 77
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 76
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 47
- FELONY ASSAULT: 42
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 493
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 394
- GENERAL: 196
- PAINT/PLASTER: 162
- PLUMBING: 147
- 68 E 131ST ST
- 62 E 131ST ST
- 2095 MADISON AVENUE
- P.S. 133 Fred R Moore
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter
- P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter
- P.S. 138
- Kappa II
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter
- The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce
- Harlem Renaissance High School
- 125 St
- 135 St
- 138 St-Grand Concourse
- Grade A
- Democracy Prep Harlem Charter Elementary
- King's Academy
- Hansborough Recreation Center
- Harlem Rose Garden
- Howard Bennett Playground
- Ged-P2g-Harlem Renaissance-Ahsep
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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