Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
100
out of 100
Lightest record of any building in Washington Heights (South)
54 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
511 WEST 171ST STREET · 15 apartments · built 1910 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- 1/A/C train about 4 minutes away
Against it
- 54 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
54 violations the city still lists as unresolved
54 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 37 years.
- Disrepair20
- Other11
- Paint / plaster9
- Plumbing4
- Pests4
- Heat / hot water2
- Fire & life safety2
- Water leak1
- Structural1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 96% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1983-03-21 and remains open on HPD’s records.