485 Lenox Avenue
A 16-story building with 160 apartments, built in 1963, in Manhattan, NY 10037.
Addresses on the lot: 481 to 489 Lenox Avenue.
HPD records as of October 27, 2026
485 Lenox Avenue has 45 open HPD violations, 3 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to CLAYTON APTS INC.
Does 485 Lenox Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 45 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 3 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 23 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 19 |
It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 1 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.
Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 485 Lenox Avenue?
485 Lenox Avenue is registered with HPD to CLAYTON APTS INC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building
Housing court and evictions
The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in April 2023. HPD’s record has 6 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, 29% of residential buildings in 10037 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 485 Lenox Avenue 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.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 473 Lenox Avenue35 apartments, built 1920
- 467 Lenox Avenue25 apartments, built 1915
- 465 Lenox Avenue22 apartments, built 1920
- 125 West 133rd Street21 apartments, built 1910
- 123 West 135th Street22 apartments, built 1910
- 127 West 133rd Street24 apartments, built 1926
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 1-01919-0026.