Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
46
out of 100
Heavier than 91% of buildings in Washington Heights (South)
166 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 123 apartments here are rent stabilized.
551 EDGECOMBE AVENUE · 127 apartments · built 1916 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- 123 apartments here are rent stabilized
- C train about 3 minutes away
Against it
- 166 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 10% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
166 violations the city still lists as unresolved
158 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 4 months.
- Lead paint70
- Plumbing16
- Heat / hot water16
- Paint / plaster13
- Fire & life safety11
- Pests11
- Disrepair10
- Other7
- Mold7
- Water leak5
A typical building of 50 or more apartments has 7. This one has more than 97% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2000-02-04 and remains open on HPD’s records.