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537 West 149th Street

A 7-story building with 35 apartments, built in 1910, in Manhattan, NY 10031.

Addresses on the lot: 537 to 541 West 149th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

60open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous
21complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
July 2023latest housing court case5 cases on record, all years

537 West 149th Street has 60 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 21 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 537 WEST 149TH STREET CORP.

Does 537 West 149th Street have open violations?

Yes: 60 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most2
B, hazardous30 days44
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days14

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, 7 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 21 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.

Who owns 537 West 149th Street?

537 West 149th Street is registered with HPD to 537 WEST 149TH STREET CORP. 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 July 2023. HPD’s record has 5 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction 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 537 West 149th Street 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.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 1-02081-0014.