938 Saint Nicholas' Avenue
Top insights
- The most open HPD violations of any building in this ZIP (359 open)
- 47 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (35 vs ~15)
- Built before 1939 (1909) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
Class B
Class C
past 12 months
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
past 12 mo (150m)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
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.
938 Saint Nicholas' Avenue
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- City records show 359 open HPD violations, 47 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 1990 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists no rent-stabilized units in this building. If anyone tells you this unit is stabilized, ask to see the registration — and if it was deregulated, ask on what grounds and in what year.
- City Buildings Department records show an open life-safety condition (e.g. unsafe building / hazardous facade) — what is it, and has it actually been resolved, not just re-filed?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment.
- 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.
938 Saint Nicholas' Avenue sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10032. The closest subway is 155 St (C) (2-minute walk), served by the 1, B, C, and D lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-07-21 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL BUZZER AND RETURN INTERCOM SYSTEM AT BUILDING FRO…"
- 2026-06-19 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE INTERCOM SYSTEM FROM BUILDING ENTRANCE TO NORTH WALL I…"
- 2026-06-19 "HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 31, 3rd STO…"
- 2026-05-26 "§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEE…"
- 2026-05-26 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AND SOUTH WALL IN THE…"
- 2026-06-19
- 2024-11-24
- 2024-06-10
- 2024-06-10
- 2023-09-22
- Class C · 47 open · penalty 705 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 232 open · penalty 1160 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 80 open · penalty 80 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-19 · Apt 56 · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-06-19 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-06-15 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-06-05 "PROVIDE SIDEWALK SHED @ EXPOSURE#1 WEST ELEVATION (APPROXIMATELY 100F) EXP#2 NORTH ELEVATION (APPROXIMATELY 16…"
- 2026-06-03 "FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.AS NOTED AT TH E TIME OF INSPECTION,I OBSERVED ON EXP1…"
- 2026-06-03 "EMERGENCY WORK ORDER DUE TO IMMINENT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OBSERVED ON EXP#1 WEST, EXP#2 NORTH, EXP#3 EAST ELEV…"
17 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2026). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
5 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 1909). 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 2022) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 102
- PETIT LARCENY: 87
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 70
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 57
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 41
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 304
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 216
- Maintenance or Facility: 82
- Noise - Residential: 69
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 34
- 535 PHASE CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- TWO RIVERS DELI GROCERY CORP
- W 155 Operating LLC
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- Community Health Academy of the Heights
- P.S. 046 Arthur Tappan
- P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-first Century Academy for C
- Community Health Academy of the Heights
- New Heights Academy Charter School
- JHS 164 Edward W Stitt
- 155 St
- 155 St
- 157 St
- Grade A
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- New Heights Academy Charter School
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- Boricua College
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Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Spectrum Cable Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 50 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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