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ViolationScout18 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 0 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Is this your building?
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556 West 188th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-02158-0010

En español: 18 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 25 abiertas en total.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 18 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 0 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

Since September 28, 2023, certifications were filed on 2 Class C violations, all 2 by the original certify-by date. How certification works

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18 open Class C.

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The building report reads this record for you: which violations matter, and how long this kind usually takes to clear. It is not on sale yet.

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HPD takes complaints from tenants through 311.

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 C18 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18682205
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18682199
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (first try)18343739
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (first try)18343738
Fire SafetyNotice sent17748223
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent17669314
Fire SafetyNotice sent17669310
Fire SafetyNotice sent17669307
Vermin / InfestationNot complied with17391727
Fire SafetyTo be reinspected17391679
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (first try)17333276
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (first try)17333275
Fire SafetyNot complied with17221502
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (first try)17137486
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (first try)17137485
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (first try)17091061
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (first try)17091060
Vermin / InfestationNo access to reinspect (first try)16558149
Class B7 open
Notice sent18682207
Notice sent18682206
Notice sent18682204
Notice sent18682202
Notice sent17669313
No access to reinspect (first try)17669305
No access to reinspect (first try)16558150

The most common category among the open records here is vermin and pests.

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Questions about this building

Does 556 West 188 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 556 West 188 Street, Manhattan had 25 open violations on September 26, 2026: 25 from HPD. 18 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous.

Is 556 West 188 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 18 open Class C, with 2 certifications filed and 0 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends September 26, 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 556 West 188 Street, Manhattan?

Since September 28, 2023, certifications were filed on 2 Class C violations, all 2 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.

Is 556 West 188 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 556 West 188 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1916 as the year 556 West 188 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 556 West 188 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 30 residential units at 556 West 188 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 the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 26, 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 the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists 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, 556 West 188th St, Manhattan: violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 26, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/556-west-188-street-manhattan

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