656 West 162nd Street

A 6-story building with 50 apartments, built in 1920, in Manhattan, NY 10032.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

92open HPD violations47 immediately hazardous

38complaints to HPD, past year5 about heat or hot water

50rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

July 2023latest housing court case12 cases on record, all years

656 West 162nd Street has 92 open HPD violations, 47 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 38 complaints to HPD in the past year, 5 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 656 REALTY LLC. 50 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 656 West 162nd Street have open violations?

Yes: 92 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	47
B, hazardous	30 days	39
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	6

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 12 have been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 38 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 5 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 656 West 162nd Street?

656 West 162nd Street is registered with HPD to 656 REALTY LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in July 2023. HPD’s record has 12 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, 34% of residential buildings in 10032 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 656 West 162nd Street rent stabilized?

50 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 49 in 2018. That’s 50 of the building’s 50 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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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 1-02136-0180.