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616 West 137th Street

A 6-story building with 25 apartments, built in 1905, in Manhattan, NY 10031.

Addresses on the lot: 616 to 618 West 137th Street.

HPD records as of November 3, 2026

34open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous
0complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years5 older

616 West 137th Street has 34 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to RESIDENCIA ESPERANZA HDFC.

Does 616 West 137th Street have open violations?

Yes: 34 open violations as of November 3, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most2
B, hazardous30 days23
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days9

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 3, 2026.

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 616 West 137th Street?

616 West 137th Street is registered with HPD to RESIDENCIA ESPERANZA HDFC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 5 older cases, the latest from 2020.

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 616 West 137th Street rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 3, 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 1-02002-0057.