52 St Nicholas Avenue
A 5-story building with 30 apartments, built in 1925, in Manhattan, NY 10026.
Addresses on the lot: 52 to 56 St Nicholas Avenue.
HPD records as of October 27, 2026
52 St Nicholas Avenue has 48 open HPD violations, 15 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to ST. NICHOLAS COOPERATIVE CORP.
Does 52 St Nicholas Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 48 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 | 15 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 25 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 8 |
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 1 complaint 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 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 52 St Nicholas Avenue?
52 St Nicholas Avenue is registered with HPD to ST. NICHOLAS COOPERATIVE CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.
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 October 2025. HPD’s record has 3 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.
City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 27% of residential buildings in 10026 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 52 St Nicholas 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
- 106 West 113th Street29 apartments, built 1900
- 40 St Nicholas Avenue51 apartments, built 1915
- 49 St Nicholas Avenue20 apartments, built 1900
- 60 St Nicholas Avenue53 apartments, built 1915
- 47 St Nicholas Avenue20 apartments, built 1920
- 53 St Nicholas Avenue20 apartments, built 1900
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 1-01822-0042.