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539 West 163rd Street

A 5-story building with 30 apartments, built in 1900, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

Addresses on the lot: 539 to 541 West 163rd Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

8open HPD violations8 immediately hazardous
7complaints to HPD, past year7 about heat or hot water
29rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

539 West 163rd Street has 8 open HPD violations, 8 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the past year, 7 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 539 HOLDING LTD. 29 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 539 West 163rd Street have open violations?

Yes: 8 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most8
B, hazardous30 days0
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days0

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, 1 has been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 7 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 163rd Street?

539 West 163rd Street is registered with HPD to 539 HOLDING LTD. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, 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 163rd Street rent stabilized?

29 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 29 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 1-02122-0130.