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ViolationScout18 open Class C, with 4 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Is this your building?
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522 West 161st St, Manhattan

BBL 1-02119-0026

En español: 18 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 32 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 31 años abierta, desde el 29 de agosto de 1995.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 18 open Class C, with 4 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 31 years, since August 29, 1995.

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 26 Class C violations, all 26 by the original certify-by date. How certification works

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18 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed August 29, 1995.

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DOB violations
1 active DOB violation, issued November 18, 2015.
Boiler inspection
Inspected November 7, 2025. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year. Need this filed?
Bedbug report
Filed April 30, 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).
HPD emergency repair orders
3 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $3,726 in total. The most recent of the 3, a general construction order, was opened August 19, 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 C18 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant19079525SPAR UPTOWN LLC
Lead PaintNotice sent18100308
Lead PaintDefect letter sent18099282
Lead PaintDefect letter sent18099281
Lead PaintDefect letter sent18099280
Lead PaintDefect letter sent18099279
Lead PaintDefect letter sent18099278
MoldDefect letter sent17979835
Vermin / InfestationNot complied with17754983
Vermin / InfestationNot complied with17754982
The report lists all 18, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B14 open most often Mold
Fire SafetyTo be reinspected19079530SPAR UPTOWN LLC
Fire SafetyTo be reinspected19079528SPAR UPTOWN LLC
Notice sent19062498SPAR UPTOWN LLC
No access to reinspect (first try)18192876
No access to reinspect (first try)18192874
MoldDefect letter sent18090354
MoldDefect letter sent18090353
Not complied with17754992
MoldDefect letter sent17754986
No access to reinspect (first try)17667464
The report lists all 14, 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.

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Questions about this building

Does 522 West 161 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 522 West 161 Street, Manhattan had 32 open violations on September 27, 2026: 32 from HPD. 18 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 31 years, since August 29, 1995.

Is 522 West 161 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 18 open Class C, with 4 certifications filed and 1 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 161 Street, Manhattan?

Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 26 Class C violations, all 26 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.

Does 522 West 161 Street, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 1 active DOB violation, issued November 18, 2015. 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.

Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 522 West 161 Street, Manhattan marked completed?

Yes. 3 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $3,726 in total. The most recent of the 3, a general construction order, was opened August 19, 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 161 Street, Manhattan last inspected?

On November 7, 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 522 West 161 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On April 30, 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 522 West 161 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 161 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1910 as the year 522 West 161 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 6 floors.

How many apartments does 522 West 161 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 24 residential units at 522 West 161 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 DOB violations, 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 DOB violations, 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 161st 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-161-street-manhattan

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