540 West 189th Street

A 6-story building with 30 apartments, built in 1917, in Manhattan, NY 10040.

Addresses on the lot: 534 to 540 West 189th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

71open HPD violations23 immediately hazardous

40complaints to HPD, past year5 about heat or hot water

22rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

December 2025latest housing court case10 cases on record, all years

540 West 189th Street has 71 open HPD violations, 23 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 40 complaints to HPD in the past year, 5 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 540 WEST 189TH GROUP LLC. 22 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 540 West 189th Street have open violations?

Yes: 71 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	23
B, hazardous	30 days	33
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	15

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, 38 have been closed.

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 40 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 5 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 189th Street?

540 West 189th Street is registered with HPD to 540 WEST 189TH GROUP LLC. 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

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in December 2025. HPD’s record has 10 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

It is on the city’s Speculation Watch List: rent-regulated buildings sold at prices that suggest the buyer plans to push rents up.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 46% of residential buildings in 10040 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 540 West 189th Street rent stabilized?

22 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 23 in 2018. That’s 22 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 1-02159-0043.