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550 West 156th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-02114-0018

Built
1896
Floors
4
Residential units
13
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R7-2
Lot area
1,699 sq ft
Floor area
4,420 sq ft

En español: 3 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 6 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 4 años abierta, desde el 22 de enero de 2022.

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  1. 3

    Class C, immediately hazardous

    13 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 3

    Class B, hazardous

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 3 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days.

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 5 Class C violations, all 5 by the original certify-by date. How certification works

The original certify-by dates on the 6 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was February 4, 2025. The report prints the date beside each one.

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3 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed January 22, 2022.

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DOF tax lien sale
Listed for DOF's 2025 tax lien sale. The last list it appeared on was the 10-day notice of May 2025.
DOB violations
2 active DOB violations, most of them for construction. The newest was issued January 27, 1993.
Housing court
4 housing court cases here since 2020, most of them heat and hot water cases.
Boiler inspection
Inspected March 4, 2026. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year.
Bedbug report
Filed December 24, 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).

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class C3 open
Lead PaintNotice sent17598933
Notice sent17590225
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent16501276
Class B3 open
Notice sent16613797
Notice sent16613796
Notice sent16497940

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Questions about this building

Does 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan had 6 open violations on October 10, 2026: 6 from HPD. 3 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 4 years, since January 22, 2022.

Is 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 3 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days. That window ends October 10, 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 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan?

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 5 Class C violations, all 5 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 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 2 active DOB violations, most of them for construction. The newest was issued January 27, 1993. 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.

Has 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan been in housing court?

Yes. 4 housing court cases here since 2020, most of them heat and hot water cases. 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 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan last inspected?

On March 4, 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 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On December 24, 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 550 West 156 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 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1896 as the year 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up building with 4 floors.

How many apartments does 550 West 156 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 13 residential units at 550 West 156 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 DOF's tax lien sale lists, 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 October 10, 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 DOF's tax lien sale lists, 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, 550 West 156th St, Manhattan: 13 units, 3 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/550-west-156-street-manhattan

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