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ViolationScout21 open Class C, with 1 certification 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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522 West 159th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-02117-0025

En español: 21 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 37 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 8 años abierta, desde el 2 de julio de 2018.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 21 open Class C, with 1 certification 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 8 years, since July 2, 2018.

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 15 Class C violations, all 15 by the original certify-by date. HPD now marks 1 of them False Certification and 5 Invalid Certification. How certification works

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21 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed July 2, 2018.

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Housing court
2 open housing court cases. The newest opened August 27, 2025.
Boiler inspection
Inspected February 12, 2026. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year.
Bedbug report
Filed May 9, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2024. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).
HPD emergency repair orders
3 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $1,650 in total. The most recent of the 3, a general construction order, was opened October 15, 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 C21 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18929596JUDICIAL REALTY LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18929595JUDICIAL REALTY LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18361192JUDICIAL REALTY LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18361191JUDICIAL REALTY LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18361190JUDICIAL REALTY LLC
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18131992
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18131990
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18131989
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18131986
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18131985
The report lists all 21, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B16 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent19007496JUDICIAL REALTY LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18929594JUDICIAL REALTY LLC
Fire SafetyNotice sent18929593JUDICIAL REALTY LLC
Notice sent18132000
Notice sent18131999
Notice sent18131994
Notice sent17927133
Notice sent17920835
Notice sent17920833
Notice sent17920829
The report lists all 16, 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 522 West 159 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 522 West 159 Street, Manhattan had 37 open violations on September 27, 2026: 37 from HPD. 21 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 8 years, since July 2, 2018.

Is 522 West 159 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 21 open Class C, with 1 certification 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 522 West 159 Street, Manhattan?

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 15 Class C violations, all 15 by the original certify-by date. HPD now marks 1 of them False Certification and 5 Invalid 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 522 West 159 Street, Manhattan in housing court?

Yes. 2 open housing court cases. The newest opened August 27, 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 522 West 159 Street, Manhattan marked completed?

Yes. 3 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $1,650 in total. The most recent of the 3, a general construction order, was opened October 15, 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 was the boiler at 522 West 159 Street, Manhattan last inspected?

On February 12, 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 522 West 159 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On May 9, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2024. 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 522 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 522 West 159 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1900 as the year 522 West 159 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 522 West 159 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 16 residential units at 522 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, 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, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, HPD emergency repair orders, 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, 522 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/522-west-159-street-manhattan

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