539 West 160th Street

A 5-story building with 21 apartments, built in 1910, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

Addresses on the lot: 539 to 541 West 160th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

164open HPD violations17 immediately hazardous

0complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

Nonehousing court cases in 5 years3 older

539 West 160th Street has 164 open HPD violations, 17 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 539 WEST 160TH ST HDFC.

Does 539 West 160th Street have open violations?

Yes: 164 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	17
B, hazardous	30 days	106
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	41

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.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026.

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 539 West 160th Street?

539 West 160th Street is registered with HPD to 539 WEST 160TH ST HDFC. 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 3 older cases, the latest from 2019.

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 539 West 160th 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.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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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 1-02119-0062.