525 West 169th Street
A 5-story building with 24 apartments, built in 1911, in Manhattan, NY 10032.
Addresses on the lot: 79 to 81 Audubon Avenue.
HPD records as of November 3, 2026
525 West 169th Street has 7 open HPD violations, 6 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to AUDUBON 79 LLC. 20 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.
Does 525 West 169th Street have open violations?
Yes: 7 open violations as of November 3, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 6 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 1 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 0 |
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 November 3, 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 525 West 169th Street?
525 West 169th Street is registered with HPD to AUDUBON 79 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
None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 23 older cases, the latest from 2017.
It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 34% of residential buildings in 10032 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 525 West 169th Street rent stabilized?
20 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 20 of the building’s 24 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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Buildings nearby
- 517 West 169th Street31 apartments, built 1912
- 524 West 169th Street21 apartments, built 1912
- 510 West 170th Street20 apartments, built 1907
- 516 West 169th Street24 apartments, built 1912
- 507 West 169th Street48 apartments, built 1910
- 506 West 170th Street20 apartments, built 1907
HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 3, 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 1-02126-0028.