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612 West 189th Street

A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1917, in Manhattan, NY 10040.

Addresses on the lot: 612 to 614 West 189th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

155open HPD violations37 immediately hazardous
66complaints to HPD, past year27 about heat or hot water
18rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
April 2025latest housing court case10 cases on record, all years

612 West 189th Street has 155 open HPD violations, 37 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 66 complaints to HPD in the past year, 27 about heat or hot water. It is registered to RH 608-614 WEST 189 STREET LLC. 18 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 612 West 189th Street have open violations?

Yes: 155 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most37
B, hazardous30 days95
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days23

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, 45 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 66 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 27 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 612 West 189th Street?

612 West 189th Street is registered with HPD to RH 608-614 WEST 189 STREET LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in April 2025. HPD’s record has 10 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, 46% of residential buildings in 10040 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 612 West 189th Street rent stabilized?

18 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2020. That’s 18 of the building’s 20 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 1-02168-0041.