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517 West 212th Street

A 5-story building with 44 apartments, built in 1925, in Manhattan, NY 10034.

Addresses on the lot: 517 to 525 West 212th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

21open HPD violations7 immediately hazardous
38complaints to HPD, past year32 about heat or hot water
40rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years10 older

517 West 212th Street has 21 open HPD violations, 7 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 38 complaints to HPD in the past year, 32 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 517-525 W 212 ST LLC. 40 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 517 West 212th Street have open violations?

Yes: 21 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most7
B, hazardous30 days10
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days4

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, 18 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 38 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 32 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 517 West 212th Street?

517 West 212th Street is registered with HPD to 517-525 W 212 ST LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 10 older cases, the latest from 2020.

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

For comparison, 39% of residential buildings in 10034 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 517 West 212th Street rent stabilized?

40 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 39 in 2018. That’s 40 of the building’s 44 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 1-02230-0029.