539 Lenox Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Sep 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (32 vs ~14)
- Fewer open HPD violations than ~73% of buildings in this ZIP (2 open)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1910) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 26 of 26 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 3.8 times the size of its lot: 28,340 sq ft of building on a 7,494 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 4, 2026.
539 Lenox Avenue
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- City records show 2 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?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 26 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: Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective the ceramic floor tiles….
539 Lenox Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10037. The closest subway is 135 St (2,3) (2-minute walk), served by the 2 and 3 lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: October 2020 · Most recent: June 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.
- 2026-06-29
- 2020-10-06
- Class B · 1 open · penalty 5 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2026-08-25 · Apt APT1B · NON EMERGENCY · APPLIANCE
- 2026-06-22 · Apt 4E · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-06-22 · Apt 4E · 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
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 422
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 146
- PLUMBING: 106
- Illegal Parking: 99
- Noise - Residential: 94
- 553 LENOX AVENUE
- 592 MALCOLM X BLVD
- 596 LENOX AVENUE
- 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
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem
- 135 St
- 145 St
- 135 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- William Mccray Playground
- Brigadier General Charles Young Playground
- Blackberry Productions, Inc.
- Harlem Grown 134th Street Green House
- Songs Of Solomon: An Inspirational Ensemble, Inc.
- Harlem Week, Inc.
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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