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604 West 178th Street

A 5-story building with 22 apartments, built in 1920, in Manhattan, NY 10033.

Addresses on the lot: 602 to 606 West 178th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

150open HPD violations52 immediately hazardous
51complaints to HPD, past year8 about heat or hot water
20rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
November 2023latest housing court case19 cases on record, all years

604 West 178th Street has 150 open HPD violations, 52 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 51 complaints to HPD in the past year, 8 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 604 WEST 178TH CORP. 20 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 604 West 178th Street have open violations?

Yes: 150 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most52
B, hazardous30 days90
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days8

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, 30 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 51 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 8 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 604 West 178th Street?

604 West 178th Street is registered with HPD to 604 WEST 178TH CORP. 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 November 2023. HPD’s record has 19 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 no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 37% of residential buildings in 10033 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 604 West 178th Street rent stabilized?

20 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 17 in 2018. That’s 20 of the building’s 22 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 1-02144-0040.