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543 West 125th Street

A 6-story building with 43 apartments, built in 1926, in Manhattan, NY 10027.

Addresses on the lot: 543 to 549 West 125th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

318open HPD violations150 immediately hazardous
191complaints to HPD, past year20 about heat or hot water
27rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
June 2026latest housing court case25 cases on record, all years

543 West 125th Street has 318 open HPD violations, 150 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 191 complaints to HPD in the past year, 20 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Gregory M LaSpina as Receiver. 27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 543 West 125th Street have open violations?

Yes: 318 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most150
B, hazardous30 days143
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days25

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, 133 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 191 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 20 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 543 West 125th Street?

543 West 125th Street is registered with HPD to Gregory M LaSpina as Receiver. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in June 2026. HPD’s record has 25 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

The building is in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, which takes on the city’s worst-maintained buildings.

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

For comparison, 17% of residential buildings in 10027 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 543 West 125th Street rent stabilized?

27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 28 in 2022. That’s 27 of the building’s 43 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 1-01982-0005.