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502 West 135th Street

A 6-story building with 24 apartments, built in 1910, in Manhattan, NY 10031.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

31open HPD violations16 immediately hazardous
59complaints to HPD, past year42 about heat or hot water
18rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
April 2025latest housing court case11 cases on record, all years

502 West 135th Street has 31 open HPD violations, 16 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 59 complaints to HPD in the past year, 42 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 502 W 135 BH LLC. 18 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 502 West 135th Street have open violations?

Yes: 31 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most16
B, hazardous30 days10
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days5

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, 11 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 59 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 42 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 502 West 135th Street?

502 West 135th Street is registered with HPD to 502 W 135 BH 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 April 2025. HPD’s record has 11 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.

It is on the city’s Speculation Watch List: rent-regulated buildings sold at prices that suggest the buyer plans to push rents up.

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 502 West 135th Street rent stabilized?

18 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 19 in 2018. That’s 18 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 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 1-01988-0037.