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256 Wadsworth Ave, Manhattan

BBL 1-02167-0067

Built
1914
Floors
5
Residential units
31
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R7-2
Lot area
6,210 sq ft
Floor area
22,840 sq ft

En español: 6 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 15 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 19 años abierta, desde el 22 de febrero de 2007.

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  1. 6

    Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Lead Paint.

    15 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 9

    Class B, hazardous

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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.

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

The original certify-by dates on the 15 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was July 2, 2026. The report prints the date beside each one.

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6 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed February 22, 2007.

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OATH/ECB summonses
7 DOB summonses here since January 1, 2019, with $10,624 in penalties imposed. 2 judgments docketed, the latest on July 31, 2025. A docketed judgment shows up in a title search.
  • March 19, 2024, DOB: Fail to comply with commissioner order to file certificate of correction with DOB. In violation, $625 penalty imposed.
  • April 26, 2022, DOB: Fail maintain building in compliant manner: Service equipment - boiler. Decided by default, $1,562 penalty imposed.
  • April 5, 2022, DOB: Fail maintain building in compliant manner: Service equipment - boiler. Admitted, $625 penalty imposed.

The newest 3 of 7 summonses OATH lists here. The report lists all 7, with each outcome, the penalty imposed and any docketing date. What the report adds

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DOB violations
3 active DOB violations, most of them for low-pressure boilers. The newest was issued June 20, 2023.
Housing court
1 open housing court case, opened August 5, 2019. 12 housing court cases here since 2006.
DOB complaints
1 DOB complaint in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. It was filed November 9, 2025.
DOB permits
DOB NOW lists 3 work permits here, the newest issued February 24, 2023, for Boiler Equipment work.
  • Boiler Equipment, issued February 24, 2023, signed off.
  • Boiler Equipment, issued October 4, 2022, signed off.
  • Plumbing, issued October 4, 2022, signed off.
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).

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 C6 open most often Lead Paint
Lead PaintNotice sent18933351256 WADSWORTH LLC
Lead PaintNotice sent18933350256 WADSWORTH LLC
Lead PaintNotice sent18933349256 WADSWORTH LLC
Lead PaintNotice sent18933348256 WADSWORTH LLC
Lead PaintNotice sent18933347256 WADSWORTH LLC
Lead PaintNotice sent18933346256 WADSWORTH LLC
Class B9 open
Notice sent18927792256 WADSWORTH LLC
Notice sent18927791256 WADSWORTH LLC
Notice sent18927789256 WADSWORTH LLC
Notice sent18927784256 WADSWORTH LLC
Notice sent18927783256 WADSWORTH LLC
Not complied with17159681
Not complied with17159675
Not complied with17115875
Not complied with17115872

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The most common category among the open records here is lead paint.

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Questions about this building

Does 256 Wadsworth Avenue, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 256 Wadsworth Avenue, Manhattan had 15 open violations on October 10, 2026: 15 from HPD. 6 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 19 years, since February 22, 2007.

Is 256 Wadsworth Avenue, 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 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 256 Wadsworth Avenue, Manhattan?

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 12 Class C violations, all 12 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 256 Wadsworth Avenue, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 3 active DOB violations, most of them for low-pressure boilers. The newest was issued June 20, 2023. 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 256 Wadsworth Avenue, Manhattan in housing court?

Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened August 5, 2019. 12 housing court cases here since 2006. 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 256 Wadsworth Avenue, Manhattan?

Yes. 1 DOB complaint in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. It was filed November 9, 2025. 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.

When did 256 Wadsworth Avenue, 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 256 Wadsworth Avenue, 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 256 Wadsworth Avenue, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1914 as the year 256 Wadsworth Avenue, 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 5 floors.

How many apartments does 256 Wadsworth Avenue, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 31 residential units at 256 Wadsworth Avenue, 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 OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB NOW work permits, 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 OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB NOW work permits, 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, 256 Wadsworth Ave, Manhattan: 31 units, 6 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/256-wadsworth-avenue-manhattan

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