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518 West 159th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-02117-0026

En español: 24 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 81 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 8 años abierta, desde el 17 de julio de 2018.

Certifications are being filed about as fast as new violations come in. 4 certifications filed and 6 new Class C in the last 180 days, neither far ahead.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 8 years, since July 17, 2018.

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 37 Class C violations: 31 by the original certify-by date, 6 after it. How certification works

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24 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed July 17, 2018.

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Housing court
1 open housing court case, opened December 16, 2025.
Bedbug report
Filed December 23, 2025, 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).
HPD emergency repair orders
2 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $645 in total. The most recent of the 2, a general construction order, was opened October 8, 2025.

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 C24 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Fire SafetyNotice sent19032259DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19032250DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Vermin / InfestationDefect letter sent19032248DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Notice sent19032230DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Vermin / InfestationDefect letter sent19032208DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (second try)18873965DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18681811DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Notice sent18599400DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18599396DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (first try)18543164DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
The report lists all 24, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B57 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent19187852DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Notice sent19187293DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Fire SafetyNotice sent19033146DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Fire SafetyNotice sent19033145DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Not complied with19032268DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Not complied with19032265DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Notice sent19032253DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Fire SafetyNotice sent19032252DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Fire SafetyNotice sent19032251DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
Notice sent19032246DOROTHY MCGOWAN LP
The report lists all 57, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds

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Questions about this building

Does 518 West 159 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 518 West 159 Street, Manhattan had 81 open violations on September 27, 2026: 81 from HPD. 24 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 8 years, since July 17, 2018.

Is 518 West 159 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Certifications are being filed about as fast as new violations come in. 4 certifications filed and 6 new Class C in the last 180 days, neither far ahead. 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 518 West 159 Street, Manhattan?

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 37 Class C violations: 31 by the original certify-by date, 6 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 518 West 159 Street, Manhattan in housing court?

Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened December 16, 2025. 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.

Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 518 West 159 Street, Manhattan marked completed?

Yes. 2 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $645 in total. The most recent of the 2, a general construction order, was opened October 8, 2025. HPD orders an emergency repair when a hazardous condition cited in a violation, or in another agency's emergency order, is not corrected, and does the work itself or through a contractor. The amounts are what the orders were awarded for, not a bill: this page does not show what was charged to the property or whether it was paid. Orders for lab tests, such as dust-wipe and asbestos samples, are not counted.

When did 518 West 159 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On December 23, 2025, 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 518 West 159 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 518 West 159 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 2009 as the year 518 West 159 Street, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as an elevator apartment building with 5 floors.

How many apartments does 518 West 159 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 38 residential units at 518 West 159 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, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD emergency repair orders, 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, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD emergency repair orders, 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, 518 West 159th St, Manhattan: violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/518-west-159-street-manhattan

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