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555 West 170th Street

A 6-story building with 45 apartments, built in 1909, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

Addresses on the lot: 555 to 561 West 170th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

56open HPD violations30 immediately hazardous
33complaints to HPD, past year4 about heat or hot water
45rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
October 2025latest housing court case8 cases on record, all years

555 West 170th Street has 56 open HPD violations, 30 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 33 complaints to HPD in the past year, 4 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Heights 170. 45 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 555 West 170th Street have open violations?

Yes: 56 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most30
B, hazardous30 days25
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days1

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, 37 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 33 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 4 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 555 West 170th Street?

555 West 170th Street is registered with HPD to Heights 170. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in October 2025. HPD’s record has 8 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction 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 555 West 170th Street rent stabilized?

45 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 45 of the building’s 45 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 1-02127-0023.