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ViolationScout26 open Class C, with 0 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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525 West 138th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-02070-0017

En español: 26 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 53 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 45 años abierta, desde el 14 de mayo de 1981.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 26 open Class C, with 0 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 45 years, since May 14, 1981.

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26 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed May 14, 1981.

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DOB violations
7 active DOB violations, most of them for boiler filings under Local Law 62/91. The newest was issued February 13, 2004.
Housing court
1 open housing court case, opened January 31, 2025.
DOB complaints
1 DOB complaint in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. It was filed June 3, 2026.
Boiler inspection
Inspected December 4, 2025. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year. Need this filed?
Bedbug report
Filed May 13, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
HPD emergency repair orders
5 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $3,017 in total. The most recent of the 5, a general construction order, was opened September 26, 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 C26 open most often Heat / Hot Water
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18974283525 WEST 138TH STREET HDFC
Not complied with17853276
Fire SafetyNotice sent17853274
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant17853273
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17853272
Notice sent17747536
Fire SafetyNotice sent17747535
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent17653750
Notice sent17653749
Heat / Hot WaterNot complied with17653748
The report lists all 26, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B27 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent18974285525 WEST 138TH STREET HDFC
Notice sent18974284525 WEST 138TH STREET HDFC
Notice sent17935038
Not complied with17925002
Notice sent17925001
Notice sent17925000
Not complied with17853275
Notice sent17747537
Not complied with17509701
Notice sent17431697
The report lists all 27, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds

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Does 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan had 53 open violations on September 27, 2026: 53 from HPD. 26 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 45 years, since May 14, 1981.

Is 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 26 open Class C, with 0 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.

Does 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 7 active DOB violations, most of them for boiler filings under Local Law 62/91. The newest was issued February 13, 2004. 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 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan in housing court?

Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened January 31, 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.

Has DOB received complaints about 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan?

Yes. 1 DOB complaint in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. It was filed June 3, 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 HPD emergency repair orders at 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan marked completed?

Yes. 5 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $3,017 in total. The most recent of the 5, a general construction order, was opened September 26, 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 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan last inspected?

On December 4, 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 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On May 13, 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.

When was 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1910 as the year 525 West 138 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 5 floors.

How many apartments does 525 West 138 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 20 residential units at 525 West 138 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, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, 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, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, 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, 525 West 138th St, Manhattan: violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/525-west-138-street-manhattan

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