881 Saint Nicholas Avenue
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~75% of buildings in this ZIP (52 open)
- 26 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (1922) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 19 of 19 units
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
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min walk
(311 complaints)
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881 Saint Nicholas Avenue
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- City records show 52 open HPD violations, 26 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 1995 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 19 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: Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed wires….
- 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.
881 Saint Nicholas Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10032. The closest subway is 155 St (C) (1-minute walk), served by the 1, A, B, C, and D lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: August 1995. 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.
- 2022-07-12 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE HEAVY DUTY LOCK AT BUILDING FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR"
- 2015-07-29 "§ 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF BEDBUGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2D, 2nd STORY, 1s…"
- 2015-07-29 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE THE SUB-WOOD FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCAT…"
- 2015-07-29 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES THROUGROUT AT FLOOR IN TH…"
- 2015-07-29 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE THE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAS…"
- Class C · 26 open · penalty 390 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 21 open · penalty 105 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 5 open · penalty 5 · (1/ea)
- 2025-12-02 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-11-30 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-11-22 · Apt 2A · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2011-12-13 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2009-11-08 "WORK W/OUT PERMIT"
- 2008-08-27
18 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2012). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
6 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 1922). 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 2006) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 124
- PETIT LARCENY: 114
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 73
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 67
- GRAND LARCENY: 59
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 530
- Illegal Parking: 248
- PLUMBING: 160
- Noise - Residential: 155
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 151
- W 155 Operating LLC
- JR AUTO SERVICE CORP
- JR AUTO SERVICE CORP
- P.S. 028 Wright Brothers
- P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-first Century Academy for C
- New Heights Academy Charter School
- P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-first Century Academy for C
- New Heights Academy Charter School
- Community Health Academy of the Heights
- New Heights Academy Charter School
- Community Health Academy of the Heights
- JHS 010 Frederick Douglas
- 155 St
- 155 St
- 157 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- New Heights Academy Charter School
- Carmansville Playground
- Boricua College
- Bradhurst Gardens Association
- Bwso Manhattan Sewer Maintenance
- Wright Brothers Playground
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Spectrum Cable 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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