519 West 121st Street

A 6-story building with 34 apartments, built in 1926, in Manhattan, NY 10027.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

45open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous

9complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat

30rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

519 West 121st Street has 45 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 9 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. 30 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 519 West 121st Street have open violations?

Yes: 45 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	4
B, hazardous	30 days	25
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	16

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 9 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, none 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 519 West 121st Street?

519 West 121st Street is registered with HPD to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

At least 50 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

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 1 older case, the latest from 2015.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 17% of residential buildings in 10027 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 519 West 121st Street rent stabilized?

30 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 28 in 2018. That’s 30 of the building’s 34 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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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 1-01976-0016.