540 West 189th Street
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 open HPD violations than ~88% of buildings in this ZIP (92 open)
- 35 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1917) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 22 of 30 units
About this building
City records list 1917 as the year built — older than 78% of the 326 buildings we cover in ZIP 10040. The building’s floor space is 5 times the size of its lot: 24,876 sq ft of building on a 5,015 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 12, 2026.
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.
540 West 189th Street
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- City records show 92 open HPD violations, 35 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 2018 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 22 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 scalding hot water above 130 degrees 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 189th Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10040. The closest subway is 191 St (1) (3-minute walk), served by the 1 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: November 2018 · Most recent: October 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.
- 2026-10-29
- 2026-10-21
- 2026-10-21
- 2026-10-21
- 2026-10-21
- 2026-10-15
- 2026-08-17
- 2025-01-21
- 2025-01-21
- 2023-01-12
- Class C · 35 open · penalty 525 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 36 open · penalty 180 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 21 open · penalty 21 · (1/ea)
- 2026-08-17 · Apt BLDG · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-08-11 · Apt 2A2NDF · NON EMERGENCY · APPLIANCE
- 2026-08-11 · Apt 2A2NDF · EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2026-08-19
- 2024-09-26
- 2023-08-23
- 2021-03-31 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2008-11-12 "WORK W/OUT PERMIT"
- 1994-03-18
35 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2025). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
41 earlier hazards cited and remediated.
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 (this building: built 1917). 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.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2025) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 453
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 340
- Illegal Parking: 228
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 148
- Noise - Residential: 141
- 494 AUDUBON AVE
- 570 WEST 189 STREET
- 1572 SAINT NICHOLAS AVE
- P.S. 189
- Amber Charter School II
- The Equity Project Charter School (TEP)
- The Equity Project Charter School (TEP)
- J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt
- Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
- The College Academy
- High School for Media and Communications
- High School for Law and Public Service
- 191 St
- 181 St
- 190 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 048 P.o. Michael J. Buczek
- Yeshiva University
- Cocolart
- P.s. 189
- Equity Project Charter School (The)
- 185th Street Plaza
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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