486 Convent Avenue
A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1906, in Manhattan, NY 10031.
Addresses on the lot: 488 to 492 Convent Avenue.
HPD records as of October 28, 2026
486 Convent Avenue has 121 open HPD violations, 19 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 492 CONVENT AVE HDFC.
Does 486 Convent Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 121 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 19 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 64 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 38 |
It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 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 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.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 486 Convent Avenue?
486 Convent Avenue is registered with HPD to 492 CONVENT AVE HDFC. The registration also names a head officer, the person 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
None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 4 older cases, the latest from 2016.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 25% of residential buildings in 10031 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 486 Convent 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
- 484 Convent Avenue20 apartments, built 1906
- 450 West 152nd Street20 apartments, built 1906
- 454 West 152nd Street20 apartments, built 1906
- 443 West 151st Street38 apartments, built 1926
- 849 St Nicholas Avenue35 apartments, built 1903
- 465 West 152nd Street36 apartments, built 1916
HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 28, 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 1-02066-0046.