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ViolationScout29 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 3 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Is this your building?
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438 West 164th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-02110-0076

En español: 29 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 46 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 38 años abierta, desde el 13 de enero de 1988.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 29 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 3 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 38 years, since January 13, 1988.

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 16 Class C violations: 14 by the original certify-by date, 2 after it. How certification works

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29 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed January 13, 1988.

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Alternative Enforcement Program
In HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program since January 31, 2022.
DOB violations
11 active DOB violations, most of them for boiler filings under Local Law 62/91. The newest was issued November 8, 2019.
Boiler inspection
Inspected April 9, 2026. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year.
Bedbug report
Filed August 17, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C29 open most often Heat / Hot Water
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent19213951
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19213948
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent19213947
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18328994
Fire SafetyNotice sent18315019
Notice sent17858605
Notice sent17858601
Notice sent17698922
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17698917
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17698916
The report lists all 29, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B17 open most often Mold
Notice sent18507172NEIGHBORHOOD RESTORE HDFC
Notice sent18328995
Notice sent18315018
Notice sent17619156
Notice sent17619147
Notice sent17619145
Notice sent17520525
MoldDefect letter sent17520508
MoldDefect letter sent17386060
Notice sent17217826
The report lists all 17, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds

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The most common category among the open records here is heat and hot water.

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Questions about this building

Does 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan had 46 open violations on September 27, 2026: 46 from HPD. 29 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 38 years, since January 13, 1988.

Is 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 29 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 3 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends September 27, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan?

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 16 Class C violations: 14 by the original certify-by date, 2 after it. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

Is 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program?

Yes. In HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program since January 31, 2022. HPD puts a group of buildings with serious, long-running violations into the program each year. While a building is in it, HPD can make repairs itself and charge the cost to the property, and the building stays in until HPD discharges it.

Does 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 11 active DOB violations, most of them for boiler filings under Local Law 62/91. The newest was issued November 8, 2019. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.

When was the boiler at 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan last inspected?

On April 9, 2026. DOB requires a boiler in a building with 6 or more apartments to be inspected once every calendar year, with the report filed within 14 days of the inspection. Low-pressure boilers in residential buildings with 5 or fewer apartments are exempt.

When did 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On August 17, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

Is 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan rent stabilized?

The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.

When was 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1920 as the year 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up apartment building with 5 floors.

How many apartments does 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 20 residential units at 438 West 164 Street, Manhattan. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program list, DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 27, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program list, DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 438 West 164th St, Manhattan: violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/438-west-164-street-manhattan

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