53 East 131st Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~98% of buildings in this ZIP (164 open)
- 50 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (97 vs ~14)
- Built in 2008
- Rent-stabilized: 28 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.
53 East 131st Street
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- City records show 164 open HPD violations, 50 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: Abate the nuisance consisting of maximum allowable temperature of 130 degrees at sink….
- 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 131 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10037. The closest subway is 125 St (4,5,6) (7-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-07-28 "§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEV…"
- 2026-07-28 "§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MON…"
- 2026-07-28 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED…"
- 2026-07-28 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATH…"
- 2026-07-28 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATH…"
- 2026-07-28
- 2026-07-28
- 2026-07-02
- 2026-04-06
- 2026-04-06
- Class C · 50 open · penalty 750 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 97 open · penalty 485 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 17 open · penalty 17 · (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
- SF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC
- THE SUPER'S GUILD LLC
- LINCOLN DELI GROCERY INC. I
- P.S. 133 Fred R Moore
- Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter
- P.S. 138
- Kappa II
- The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter
- New School HS D5
- 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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