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532 West 159th Street

A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1913, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

111open HPD violations34 immediately hazardous
63complaints to HPD, past year30 about heat or hot water
14rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
February 2026latest housing court case12 cases on record, all years

532 West 159th Street has 111 open HPD violations, 34 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 63 complaints to HPD in the past year, 30 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 532 W 159th St Owner LLC. 14 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 532 West 159th Street have open violations?

Yes: 111 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most34
B, hazardous30 days65
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days12

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, 2 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 63 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 30 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 532 West 159th Street?

532 West 159th Street is registered with HPD to 532 W 159th St Owner LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in February 2026. HPD’s record has 12 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

The building is in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, which takes on the city’s worst-maintained buildings.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction 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 532 West 159th Street rent stabilized?

14 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 14 of the building’s 20 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 1-02117-0020.