539 Lenox Avenue
Top insights
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (31 vs ~14)
- Built before 1939 (1910) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 26 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.
539 Lenox Avenue
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- City records show 7 open HPD violations 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?
- Public records list 26 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: Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak above ceiling.
539 Lenox Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10037. The closest subway is 135 St (2,3) (2-minute walk), served by the 2, 3, B, and C lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-06-29 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING DOOR KNOB AT ENTRANCE DOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4E,…"
- 2026-06-29 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK ABOVE CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FRO…"
- 2026-06-29 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 4th ROO…"
- 2026-06-29 "§ 27-2005 HMC: REFIT WOOD DOORS AT SINK BASE CABINET IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SO…"
- 2026-06-29 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD DRAWERS AT SINK BASE CABINET IN THE KITCHEN LOCAT…"
- Class B · 6 open · penalty 30 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-27 · Apt 4A · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2026-04-24 · Apt 3D · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-04-22 · Apt 3D · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2025-12-11
- 2024-05-09
- 2023-09-19
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-04-25 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2014-05-15 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT"
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 1910. 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: 270
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 155
- PETIT LARCENY: 125
- FELONY ASSAULT: 82
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 74
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 421
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 126
- PLUMBING: 107
- Noise - Residential: 84
- Illegal Parking: 80
- LENOX 551 DELI GROCERY CORP
- RENT-A-CENTER EAST, INC.
- RENT-A-CENTER EAST, INC.
- P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet
- P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- I S 275
- Academy of Collaborative Education
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- I S 275
- Academy of Collaborative Education
- 135 St
- 145 St
- 135 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Brigadier General Charles Young Playground
- Hansborough Recreation Center
- Abyssinian Tot Lot
- Howard Bennett Playground
- William Mccray Playground
- Eng 59 Lad 30 - Parking
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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