Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
31
out of 100
Heaviest record of any building in Washington Heights (South)
144 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, 10 apartments here are rent stabilized.
503 WEST 158TH STREET · 10 apartments · built 1896 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 10 apartments here are rent stabilized
- C train about 3 minutes away
Against it
- 144 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 1% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
144 violations the city still lists as unresolved
138 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 10 months.
- Disrepair33
- Fire & life safety30
- Heat / hot water27
- Pests17
- Paint / plaster11
- Water leak8
- Plumbing6
- Mold4
- Other4
- Structural3
- Refuse / sanitation1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 99% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2014-06-06 and remains open on HPD’s records.