557 West 187th Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Jun 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 91% of buildings in this ZIP
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (2 vs ~15)
- Built in 1990 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 20 units registered
About this building
City records list 1990 as the year built — newer than 98% of the 532 buildings we cover in ZIP 10033, and the newest of the 29 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 3.5 times the size of its lot: 16,575 sq ft of building on a 4,700 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 9, 2026.
557 West 187th Street
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- City records show no open HPD violations here — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 20 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.
557 West 187th Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10033. The closest subway is 191 St (1) (3-minute walk), served by the 1 line.
Building Condition
- 2025-12-28 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-12-26 · Apt 32 · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2007-01-19
- 2004-02-13
- 1993-03-18
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1990, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 81
- HARRASSMENT 2: 80
- PETIT LARCENY: 79
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 60
- GRAND LARCENY: 55
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 528
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 472
- Noise - Residential: 329
- Noise - Commercial: 307
- Illegal Parking: 229
- 1546A WEST 187 STREET
- 1551 SAINT NICHOLAS AVE
- 1539 SAINT NICHOLAS AVENUE
- P.S. 189
- Amber Charter School II
- P.S. 048 P.O. Michael J. Buczek
- J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt
- Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
- I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
- Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
- The College Academy
- High School for Media and Communications
- 191 St
- 181 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
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 · 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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