Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
53
out of 100
Heavier than 80% of buildings in Washington Heights (South)
73 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 22 apartments here are rent stabilized.
515 WEST 171ST STREET · 31 apartments · built 1920 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 22 apartments here are rent stabilized
- 1/A/C train about 4 minutes away
Against it
- 73 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 6% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
73 violations the city still lists as unresolved
73 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 3.8 years.
- Pests12
- Lead paint12
- Paint / plaster10
- Fire & life safety9
- Disrepair8
- Heat / hot water6
- Mold5
- Other5
- Plumbing2
- Water leak2
- Structural1
- Gas1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 92% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1990-05-01 and remains open on HPD’s records.