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ViolationScout18 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 4 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Is this your building?
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488 St Nicholas Ave, Manhattan

BBL 1-01959-0058

En español: 18 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 42 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 23 años abierta, desde el 22 de octubre de 2002.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 18 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 4 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 23 years, since October 22, 2002.

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 8 Class C violations, all 8 by the original certify-by date. How certification works

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18 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed October 22, 2002.

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Alternative Enforcement Program
In HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program since January 31, 2024.
DOB violations
6 active DOB violations, most of them for low-pressure boilers. The newest was issued November 29, 2018.
Housing court
1 open housing court case, opened January 29, 2026.
Boiler inspection
3 boilers, all inspected in 2025, the latest on August 20. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year. Need this filed?
Bedbug report
Filed August 10, 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 C18 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19089969GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP
Notice sent19089967GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP
Notice sent19089958GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP
Notice sent19089957GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP
Notice sent18474360GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP
Notice sent18260906
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17633929
Notice sent17361576
Notice sent17294336
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent17079265
The report lists all 18, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B24 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent19089972GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP
Notice sent18260897
Notice sent17801288
Notice sent17324249
Notice sent17225908
Notice sent17149814
Notice sent17149811
Notice sent17079226
Notice sent17079219
Notice sent17079213
The report lists all 24, 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 vermin and pests.

Vermin and pests in Manhattan

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Questions about this building

Does 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan had 42 open violations on September 27, 2026: 42 from HPD. 18 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 23 years, since October 22, 2002.

Is 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 18 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 4 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 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan?

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 8 Class C violations, all 8 by the original certify-by date. 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 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program?

Yes. In HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program since January 31, 2024. 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 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 6 active DOB violations, most of them for low-pressure boilers. The newest was issued November 29, 2018. 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.

Is 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan in housing court?

Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened January 29, 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.

When was the boiler at 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan last inspected?

It has 3 boilers, all inspected in 2025, the latest on August 20. 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 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On August 10, 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 488 St Nicholas Avenue, 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 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1901 as the year 488 St Nicholas Avenue, 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 488 St Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 10 residential units at 488 St Nicholas Avenue, 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, HPD's housing court cases, 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, HPD's housing court cases, 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, 488 St Nicholas Ave, Manhattan: violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/488-st-nicholas-avenue-manhattan

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