521 West 145th Street

A 5-story building with 79 apartments, built in 1902, in Manhattan, NY 10031.

Addresses on the lot: 517 to 527 West 145th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

24open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous

72complaints to HPD, past year21 about heat or hot water

79rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

June 2024latest housing court case1 case on record, all years

521 West 145th Street has 24 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 72 complaints to HPD in the past year, 21 about heat or hot water. It is registered to BGCH APARTMENTS LLC. 79 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 521 West 145th Street have open violations?

Yes: 24 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	2
B, hazardous	30 days	17
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	5

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 11 have been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 72 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 21 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 521 West 145th Street?

521 West 145th Street is registered with HPD to BGCH APARTMENTS LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people 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

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in June 2024. HPD’s record has 1 case here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 3 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 521 West 145th Street rent stabilized?

79 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023. That’s 79 of the building’s 79 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 1-02077-7501.