Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
36
out of 100
Heavier than 98% of buildings in University Heights (South)-Morris Heights
40 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, 6 apartments here are rent stabilized.
1639 NELSON AVENUE · 6 apartments · built 1931 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- 6 apartments here are rent stabilized
- 4 train about 7 minutes away
Against it
- 40 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 1% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
40 violations the city still lists as unresolved
40 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 9 months.
- Disrepair10
- Heat / hot water8
- Fire & life safety6
- Other4
- Pests4
- Refuse / sanitation3
- Water leak2
- Paint / plaster2
- Structural1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 94% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2016-04-11 and remains open on HPD’s records.