540 West 144th Street
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- 6 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1910) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
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(311 complaints)
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540 West 144th Street
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- City records show 20 open HPD violations, 6 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?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment.
- 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.
540 West 144 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10031. The closest subway is 145 St (1) (2-minute walk), served by the 1, A, B, C, and D lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: March 2020. 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.
- 2026-02-09 "HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5, 1st STORY"
- 2025-09-22 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCAT…"
- 2025-09-22 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN T…"
- 2024-11-04 "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT NORTH WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st…"
- 2024-11-04 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL NORTH WALL AT P…"
- 2026-02-09
- 2022-10-03
- 2022-05-05
- 2020-03-09
- Class C · 6 open · penalty 90 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 10 open · penalty 50 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 4 open · penalty 4 · (1/ea)
- 2025-09-21 · Apt 55 · EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2025-09-21 · Apt 55 · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2025-09-21 · Apt 55 · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2018-02-21 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2016-06-01 "FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION"
- 2014-03-31 "VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2012 INSPECTION/TEST"
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: 167
- PETIT LARCENY: 161
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 88
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 83
- GRAND LARCENY: 82
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 612
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 521
- Noise - Residential: 322
- Illegal Parking: 185
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 181
- CEBALLO, RUDDY
- MICHAEL KALON & CO, INC.
- DIAMOND DISTRICT OF BROADWAY INC.
- P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell
- Hamilton Heights School
- Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem
- Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem
- Hamilton Grange Middle School
- New Heights Academy Charter School
- Hamilton Grange Middle School
- High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineeri
- New Heights Academy Charter School
- 145 St
- 137 St-City College
- 145 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Frank White Memorial Garden
- New Heights Academy Charter School
- Tribeca New Music, Inc.
- North River Water Poll Ctrl Pl
- Firelight Media, Inc.
- Hamilton Grange Library
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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