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539 West 162nd Street

A 5-story building with 30 apartments, built in 1920, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

Addresses on the lot: 539 to 541 West 162nd Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

70open HPD violations34 immediately hazardous
81complaints to HPD, past year30 about heat or hot water
27rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years12 older

539 West 162nd Street has 70 open HPD violations, 34 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 81 complaints to HPD in the past year, 30 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 535-539 WEST 162ND LLC. 27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 539 West 162nd Street have open violations?

Yes: 70 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 days30
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days6

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, 25 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 81 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 539 West 162nd Street?

539 West 162nd Street is registered with HPD to 535-539 WEST 162ND LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

7 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 12 older cases, the latest from 2013.

City marshals carried out 2 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 162nd Street rent stabilized?

27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 22 in 2018. That’s 27 of the building’s 30 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 1-02122-0018.