543 West 125th Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- The most open HPD violations of any building in this ZIP (327 open)
- 150 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (64 vs ~5)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1926) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 27 units registered
About this building
City records list 1926 as the year built — newer than 82% of the 1,385 buildings we cover in ZIP 10027, and the newest of the 17 buildings we cover on this block. 43 apartments — the most of any building we cover on this block, and more than 90% of the 1,383 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10027 have fewer. The building’s floor space is 4.3 times the size of its lot: 29,436 sq ft of building on a 6,800 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 21, 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.
543 West 125th Street
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- City records show 327 open HPD violations, 150 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 27 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: Replace the broken or defective water closet in the bathroom.
- 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.
543 West 125 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10027. The closest subway is 125 St (1) (2-minute walk), served by the 1, A, B, C, and D lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: February 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.
- 2026-09-29
- 2026-09-28
- 2026-09-28
- 2026-09-28
- 2026-09-28
- 2026-08-18
- 2026-08-18
- 2026-06-30
- 2026-03-04
- 2025-12-29
- Class C · 150 open · penalty 2250 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 12 open · penalty 12 · (1/ea)
- Class B · 141 open · penalty 705 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 24 open · penalty 24 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-03 · Apt 22 · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-06-03 · Apt 22 · NON EMERGENCY · FLOORING/STAIRS
- 2026-06-03 · Apt 22 · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2024-01-24
- 2023-07-07
- Feb 22, 2024 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- Dec 1, 2023 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- Nov 2, 2023 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
29 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.
60 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 1926). 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: 2 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2025) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 42
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 41
- PETIT LARCENY: 27
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 17
- SEX CRIMES: 16
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 198
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 106
- Illegal Parking: 102
- Dirty Condition: 47
- PLUMBING: 44
- 3189 BROADWAY
- 521 WEST 125 STREET
- 3161 BROADWAY
- Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 6
- P.S. 129 John H. Finley
- P.S. 036 Margaret Douglas
- Powell M.S. for Law & Social Justice
- Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders
- P.S. 129 John H. Finley
- Academy for Social Action
- Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts
- Columbia Secondary School
- 125 St
- 125 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Kipp Beyond Charter School
- P.s. 129 John H. Finley
- Innovative Charitable Initiative, Inc.
- Sheltering Arms Playground
- Success Academy Harlem Central Middle School
- Take Wing And Soar Productions, Inc.
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 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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