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ViolationScout12 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 2 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Is this your building?
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439 Rear West 50th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-01060-0013

En español: 12 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 27 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 14 años abierta, desde el 18 de octubre de 2011.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 12 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 2 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 14 years, since October 18, 2011.

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 19 Class C violations: 16 by the original certify-by date, 3 after it. HPD now marks 1 of them False Certification. How certification works

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12 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed October 18, 2011.

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Housing court
1 open housing court case, opened March 4, 2026.
DOB complaints
1 DOB complaint in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. It was filed January 30, 2026.
DOB permits
2 DOB work permits in effect. The latest, for Plumbing work, was issued January 29, 2026.
Boiler inspection
Inspected December 8, 2025. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year. Need this filed?
Bedbug report
Filed for its 2 buildings by February 9, 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 C12 open most often Heat / Hot Water
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19169017439 WEST 50 LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18878840439 WEST 50 LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18719000439 WEST 50 LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17989390
Heat / Hot WaterFalse certification17885674
Notice sent17639223
Certified late17557640
Certified late17557637
Invalid certification17530175
Heat / Hot WaterInvalid certification17530174
The report lists all 12, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B15 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent19169020439 WEST 50 LLC
Notice sent19169019439 WEST 50 LLC
Notice sent19169016439 WEST 50 LLC
Notice sent19169015439 WEST 50 LLC
Notice sent19169014439 WEST 50 LLC
Notice sent19169013439 WEST 50 LLC
Notice sent19169012439 WEST 50 LLC
Notice sent19169011439 WEST 50 LLC
Notice sent18719005439 WEST 50 LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18621342439 WEST 50 LLC
The report lists all 15, 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 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan had 27 open violations on September 27, 2026: 27 from HPD. 12 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 14 years, since October 18, 2011.

Is 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 12 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 2 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 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan?

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 19 Class C violations: 16 by the original certify-by date, 3 after it. HPD now marks 1 of them False Certification. 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 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan in housing court?

Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened March 4, 2026. HPD takes buildings to housing court to get violations fixed and heat and hot water restored, and it joins tenants' own repair cases, called tenant actions. A case stays open until the court closes it.

Has DOB received complaints about 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan?

Yes. 1 DOB complaint in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. It was filed January 30, 2026. Anyone can complain to DOB about a building or the work going on in it, and DOB then inspects and decides whether there is a violation. A conversion complaint says an apartment may have been added or changed without approval. It is a complaint, not a finding.

Are any DOB work permits in effect at 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan?

Yes. 2 DOB work permits in effect. The latest, for Plumbing work, was issued January 29, 2026. A permit in effect allows the work it names. It does not mean the work has started or finished, or that it fixes any violation on this page.

When was the boiler at 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan last inspected?

On December 8, 2025. 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 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

Its 2 buildings had all filed by February 9, 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 439 Rear West 50 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 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1901 as the year 439 Rear West 50 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 4 floors.

How many apartments does 439 Rear West 50 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 12 residential units at 439 Rear West 50 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 housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB NOW work permits, 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 housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB NOW work permits, 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, 439 Rear West 50th…, Manhattan: violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/439-rear-west-50-street-manhattan

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