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181 West 135th Street

A 6-story building with 24 apartments, built in 1919, in Manhattan, NY 10030.

Addresses on the lot: 179 to 183 West 135th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

388open HPD violations68 immediately hazardous
384complaints to HPD, past year45 about heat or hot water
24rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
July 2026latest housing court case22 cases on record, all years

181 West 135th Street has 388 open HPD violations, 68 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 384 complaints to HPD in the past year, 45 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 181 WEST135TH STREET LLC. 24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 181 West 135th Street have open violations?

Yes: 388 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most68
B, hazardous30 days255
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days65

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 17 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 384 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 45 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 181 West 135th Street?

181 West 135th Street is registered with HPD to 181 WEST135TH STREET LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in July 2026. HPD’s record has 22 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 25% of residential buildings in 10030 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 181 West 135th Street rent stabilized?

24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 24 of the building’s 24 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 27, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 1-01920-0007.