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219 West 144th Street

A 6-story building with 41 apartments, built in 1940, in Manhattan, NY 10030.

Addresses on the lot: 215 to 221 West 144th Street.

HPD records as of November 3, 2026

583open HPD violations120 immediately hazardous
56complaints to HPD, past year21 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
September 2025latest housing court case17 cases on record, all years

219 West 144th Street has 583 open HPD violations, 120 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 56 complaints to HPD in the past year, 21 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 219-229 WEST 144TH STREET HDFC.

Does 219 West 144th Street have open violations?

Yes: 583 open violations as of November 3, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most120
B, hazardous30 days344
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days119

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 56 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 3, 2026, 21 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 219 West 144th Street?

219 West 144th Street is registered with HPD to 219-229 WEST 144TH STREET HDFC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in September 2025. HPD’s record has 17 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

The building is in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, which takes on the city’s worst-maintained buildings.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction 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 219 West 144th Street rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 3, 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 1-02030-0021.