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565 West 139th Street

A 6-story building with 36 apartments, built in 1910, in Manhattan, NY 10031.

Addresses on the lot: 565 to 569 West 139th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

39open HPD violations14 immediately hazardous
88complaints to HPD, past year20 about heat or hot water
28rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
August 2025latest housing court case19 cases on record, all years

565 West 139th Street has 39 open HPD violations, 14 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 88 complaints to HPD in the past year, 20 about heat or hot water. It is registered with HPD under a person’s name, not a company’s. 28 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 565 West 139th Street have open violations?

Yes: 39 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most14
B, hazardous30 days19
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days6

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, 36 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 88 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 565 West 139th Street?

565 West 139th Street is registered with HPD under a person’s name rather than a company’s. The name is on the registration at HPD Online.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in August 2025. HPD’s record has 19 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 25% of residential buildings in 10031 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 565 West 139th Street rent stabilized?

28 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 28 of the building’s 36 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 1-02071-0005.