540 West 158th Street

A 6-story building with 30 apartments, built in 1925, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

Addresses on the lot: 540 to 542 West 158th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

39open HPD violations10 immediately hazardous

43complaints to HPD, past year25 about heat or hot water

29rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2021

Nonehousing court cases in 5 years4 older

540 West 158th Street has 39 open HPD violations, 10 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 43 complaints to HPD in the past year, 25 about heat or hot water. It is registered to WEST 158TH 536, LLC. 29 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2021.

Does 540 West 158th Street have open violations?

Yes: 39 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	10
B, hazardous	30 days	15
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	14

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, 44 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 43 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 25 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.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 540 West 158th Street?

540 West 158th Street is registered with HPD to WEST 158TH 536, LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

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 4 older cases, the latest from 2018.

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 540 West 158th Street rent stabilized?

29 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2021, 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.

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 1-02116-0015.