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617 West 144th Street

A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1905, in Manhattan, NY 10031.

Addresses on the lot: 617 to 619 West 144th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

29open HPD violations12 immediately hazardous
10complaints to HPD, past year4 about heat or hot water
12rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
April 2024latest housing court case4 cases on record, all years

617 West 144th Street has 29 open HPD violations, 12 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 10 complaints to HPD in the past year, 4 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 144TH ST LLC. 12 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 617 West 144th Street have open violations?

Yes: 29 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most12
B, hazardous30 days15
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days2

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, 22 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 10 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 617 West 144th Street?

617 West 144th Street is registered with HPD to 144TH ST LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people 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 2024. HPD’s record has 4 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, 25% of residential buildings in 10031 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 617 West 144th Street rent stabilized?

12 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 11 in 2018. That’s 12 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 1-02091-0022.