557 West 185th Street
Top insights
- Fewer open HPD violations than ~75% of buildings in this ZIP (5 open)
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (0 vs ~15)
- Built before 1939 (1912) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
Class B
Class C
past 12 months
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DHCR (most recent year)
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(311 complaints)
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557 West 185th Street
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- City records show 5 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 2000 — 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: Above premises have been vacant and untenanted except for caretaker for 60 days or more….
557 West 185 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10033. The closest subway is 181 St (1) (4-minute walk), served by the 1 and A lines.
Building Condition
- 2013-08-14 "SECTION 27-2089 ADM CODE ABOVE PREMISES HAVE BEEN VACANT AND UNTENANTED EXCEPT FOR CARETAKER FOR 60 DAYS OR MORE, AND CA…"
- 2012-05-15 "SECTION 27-2089 ADM CODE ABOVE PREMISES HAVE BEEN VACANT AND UNTENANTED EXCEPT FOR CARETAKER FOR 60 DAYS OR MORE, AND CA…"
- 2004-04-03 "SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND K…"
- 2000-07-13 "SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND K…"
- 1990-04-30 "SECTION 27-2089 ADM CODE ABOVE PREMISES HAVE BEEN VACANT AND UNTENANTED EXCEPT FOR CARETAKER FOR 60 DAYS OR MORE, AND CA…"
- Class I · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 2 open · penalty 10 · (5/ea)
- 1997-02-10
- 1995-08-29
- 1994-03-18
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 1912. 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
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 93
- PETIT LARCENY: 83
- HARRASSMENT 2: 80
- GRAND LARCENY: 56
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 44
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 663
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 566
- Noise - Residential: 192
- Water System: 187
- Illegal Parking: 186
- 186 GROCERY CORP.
- FUTURE COMMUNICATION EXPRESS WIRELESS, CORP.
- FUTURE COMMUNICATION EXPRESS WIRELESS, CORP.
- Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
- Dos Puentes Elementary School
- P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte
- J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt
- Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
- I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
- J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt
- Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
- I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
- 181 St
- 191 St
- 181 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
- Yeshiva University
- Cocolart
- P.s. 189
- Children's Arts & Science Workshops, Inc.
- Yeshiva Rabbi S R Hirsch
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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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