609 West 173rd Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~67% of buildings in this ZIP (38 open)
- 8 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1925) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 35 of 35 units
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
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609 West 173rd Street
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- City records show 38 open HPD violations, 8 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 2009 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 35 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: Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required….
- 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.
609 West 173 Street sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10032. The closest subway is 175 St (A) (4-minute walk), served by the 1, A, and C lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: September 2009. 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.
- 2026-07-20 "§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.17 AND 27-2056.8 ADM CODE - CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DU…"
- 2026-07-20 "§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.17 AND 27-2056.8 ADM CODE - CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DU…"
- 2026-07-20 "§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.17 AND 27-2056.8 ADM CODE - CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DU…"
- 2026-07-20 "§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.17 AND 27-2056.8 ADM CODE - CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DU…"
- 2026-05-27 "§ 27-2056.4(H) AND 27-2056.17 ADM CODE -CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORD…"
- 2024-08-01
- 2024-08-01
- 2024-06-20
- Class C · 8 open · penalty 120 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 18 open · penalty 90 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 12 open · penalty 12 · (1/ea)
- 2026-05-07 · Apt 5A · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-05-07 · Apt 5A · NON EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2026-05-07 · Apt 5A · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2007-01-19
3 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.
15 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 1925). 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: 6 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2026) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 168
- PETIT LARCENY: 156
- HARRASSMENT 2: 115
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 80
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 73
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 412
- Water System: 244
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 237
- Noise - Commercial: 195
- Noise - Residential: 185
- 609 WEST 173 STREET
- 1265A ST NICHOLAS AVENUE
- 1265A ST NICHOLAS AVENUE
- P.S. 173
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- P.S. 128 Audubon
- Harbor Heights
- School in the Square Public Charter School
- I S 090 Mirabel Sisters
- KIPP Washington Heights Middle School
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- Grade A
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- J. Hood Wright Park
- Audubon Playground
- Plaza De Las Americas
- Athena Theatre
- Haven Plaza
- Fort Washington Library
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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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