Worst buildings in Central Harlem, Manhattan

63 Morningside Avenue has the most open HPD violations per 10 units of any graded rental building with 6 or more units in Central Harlem: 525 per 10 units, 525 open in all, 113 of them class C.

Graded rental buildings with 6 or more units, ranked by open NYC HPD housing code violations per 10 units, the same rule as the citywide list. Co-ops, condos and public housing (NYCHA) are left out. Only buildings with an HPD violation issued in the last 24 months or a 311 housing complaint in the last 12 are listed. Class C means immediately hazardous. Records as of Oct 26, 2026.

#	Address	Units	Open per 10 units	Open violations	Grade	Owner
1	63 Morningside Avenue	10	525	525 (113 class C)	F	63 MORNINGSIDE AVENUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COR (City program owner (HDFC))
2	102 West 137th Street	6	503.3	302 (51 class C)	F	BUFNY II ASSOCIATES
3	197 Lenox Avenue	10	361	361 (70 class C)	F	VICTOR HORSFORD REALTY CORP
4	240 West 116th Street	12	325.8	391 (153 class C)	F	240-242 WEST 116 STREET HDFC, INC. (City program owner (HDFC))
5	110 West 137th Street	10	275	275 (70 class C)	F	BUFNY II ASSOCIATES, L.P.
6	531 Lenox Avenue	10	269	269 (46 class C)	F	BUFNY II ASSOCIATES, L.P.
7	231 West 116th Street	18	263.9	475 (134 class C)	F	Not on file
8	146 West 124th Street	11	252.7	278 (40 class C)	F	HOUSING 2000 HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
9	273 West 146th Street	10	235	235 (78 class C)	F	146TH APARTMENTS LLC
10	135 West 131st Street	11	228.2	251 (54 class C)	F	AMSTERDAM GARVEY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP. (City program owner (HDFC))
11	257 West 134th Street	7	208.6	146 (5 class C)	F	Gratitude Capital LLC
12	200 West 136th Street	8	201.3	161 (21 class C)	F	GREATER HARLEM HOUSING LLC (City program owner (HDFC))
13	2522 Adam C Powell Blvd	12	200.8	241 (66 class C)	F	SEVENTH AVENUE MENNONITE HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
14	55 West 127th Street	6	193.3	116 (14 class C)	F	55 WEST 127TH STREET CORP
15	32 West 120th Street	8	185	148 (39 class C)	F	CANYON HOLDING CORP
16	2809 8th Avenue	22	183.2	403 (87 class C)	F	Central Harlem Bradhurst LP
17	15 West 120th Street	6	178.3	107 (11 class C)	F	Individual owner
18	144 West 124th Street	9	173.3	156 (52 class C)	F	HOUSING 2000 HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
19	2021 Adam C Powell Blvd	8	172.5	138 (80 class C)	F	Not on file
20	279 West 118th Street	10	170	170 (35 class C)	F	HOUSING 2000 HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
21	11 Mt Morris Park West	17	169.4	288 (118 class C)	F	11 MT MORRIS HOLDINGS LLC
22	520 Manhattan Avenue	10	167	167 (16 class C)	F	ANGELOU COURT ASSO LP
23	19 West 128th Street	10	165	165 (40 class C)	F	19 WEST 128 LLC
24	57 Lenox Avenue	9	164.4	148 (42 class C)	F	100 !W 113 STREET LLC
25	181 West 135th Street	24	162.1	389 (68 class C)	F	181 WEST135TH STREET LLC
26	157 West 119th Street	20	160	320 (82 class C)	F	WHCB 2023, LLC (City program owner (HDFC))
27	176 West 137th Street	16	155.6	249 (33 class C)	F	BUFNY II ASSOCIATES, L.P.
28	271 West 146th Street	20	154	308 (89 class C)	F	146TH APARTMENTS LLC
29	1987 Adam C Powell Blvd	10	154	154 (44 class C)	F	QUASAR REALTY PARTNERS LP
30	273 West 118th Street	11	148.2	163 (37 class C)	F	HOUSING 2000 HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
31	128 West 116th Street	10	147	147 (27 class C)	F	RESTORING COMMUNITIES HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
32	253 West 131st Street	6	141.7	85 (18 class C)	F	Granite Ridge LLC
33	124 West 137th Street	21	133.3	280 (43 class C)	F	BUFNY II ASSOCIATES, L.P.
34	240 West 138th Street	7	132.9	93 (14 class C)	F	Not on file
35	228 West 116th Street	10	132	132 (33 class C)	F	Not on file
36	224 Bradhurst Avenue	19	131.6	250 (52 class C)	F	Central Harlem Bradhurst Corp.
37	202 West 133rd Street	20	130.5	261 (39 class C)	F	RESTORING COMMUNITIES HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
38	234 West 122nd Street	14	130	182 (34 class C)	F	122 STREET PORTFOLIO LLC
39	267 West 146th Street	20	129.5	259 (64 class C)	F	146TH APARTMENTS LLC
40	488 St Nicholas Avenue	10	128	128 (44 class C)	F	GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP (City program owner (HDFC))
41	163 West 136th Street	14	127.9	179 (31 class C)	F	BUFNY II ASSOCIATES, L.P.
42	25 West 126th Street	8	123.8	99 (10 class C)	F	126 Alexandria Property LLC
43	2034 5th Avenue	8	122.5	98 (18 class C)	F	2034 FIFTH AVE LLC
44	1960 Adam C Powell Blvd	9	122.2	110 (14 class C)	F	Central Harlem Bradhurst LP
45	160 West 141st Street	10	119	119 (43 class C)	F	ICER OF 160 WEST 141 ST LLC
46	14 West 123rd Street	6	118.3	71 (15 class C)	F	Individual owner
47	4 West 131st Street	8	110	88 (28 class C)	F	Genesis Y15 OWNERS, LLC (City program owner (HDFC))
48	228 West 135th Street	6	108.3	65 (1 class C)	F	Individual owner
49	77 Lenox Avenue	9	106.7	96 (12 class C)	F	City program owner (HDFC)
50	234 West 135th Street	29	105.2	305 (140 class C)	F	NOHA 135 PARTNERS LLC
51	2851 8th Avenue	22	105	231 (48 class C)	F	JOE UPTOWN LLC
52	354 Lenox Avenue	18	104.4	188 (57 class C)	F	352-354 LENOX LLC
53	2837 Fredrick Douglass Bl	9	103.3	93 (30 class C)	F	2837 FREDERICK DOUGLAS ASSOCIATES LP
54	141 West 119th Street	10	103	103 (14 class C)	F	Not on file
55	107 West 130th Street	10	103	103 (7 class C)	F	NEW AMSTERDAM MUSICAL ASSOC INC
56	308 West 151st Street	18	102.2	184 (39 class C)	F	JOE UPTOWN LLC
57	68 West 120th Street	6	101.7	61 (14 class C)	F	68 W 120 LLC
58	2030 Adam C Powell Blvd	57	100.5	573 (144 class C)	F	HOUSING 2000 HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
59	452 St Nicholas Avenue	10	100	100 (17 class C)	F	ECDO HOUSES ASSOCIATES LP (City program owner (HDFC))
60	243 West 135th Street	6	100	60 (9 class C)	F	RH 243 WEST 135 STREET LLC
61	71 Lenox Avenue	9	98.9	89 (18 class C)	F	Westminster House Housing Development Fund (City program owner (HDFC))
62	2657 Fredrick Douglass Bl	14	95.7	134 (49 class C)	F	2657 PROPERTIES LLC
63	2260 Adam C Powell Blvd	16	95	152 (24 class C)	F	LRL HOLDING COMPANY LLC
64	245 West 131st Street	11	94.5	104 (25 class C)	F	ZUCKER REAL ESTATE CORP
65	6 West 123rd Street	8	91.3	73 (19 class C)	F	US MANHATTAN II HOUSING CORP
66	73 West 118th Street	10	90	90 (22 class C)	F	HOUSING 2000 HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
67	2190 Fredrick Douglass Bl	8	90	72 (14 class C)	F	HOUSING 2000 HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
68	225 West 137th Street	8	90	72 (3 class C)	D	Individual owner
69	2490 Fredrick Douglass Bl	12	89.2	107 (22 class C)	F	2490 FDB LLC
70	129 West 122nd Street	8	87.5	70 (11 class C)	F	129 WEST 122 LLC
71	2198 Fredrick Douglass Bl	8	87.5	70 (6 class C)	F	QUASAR REALTY PARTNERS LP
72	21 West 130th Street	11	87.3	96 (16 class C)	D	CHRISTIAN HERALD ASSOCIATION
73	28 West 129th Street	8	86.3	69 (15 class C)	F	Not on file
74	312 West 112th Street	8	86.3	69 (17 class C)	F	Not on file
75	2906 8th Avenue	15	86	129 (50 class C)	F	HURSTON PLC EQUITIES LLC (City program owner (HDFC))
76	315 West 138th Street	7	85.7	60 (27 class C)	F	Individual owner
77	73 West 126th Street	8	85	68 (5 class C)	D	Not on file
78	69 West 118th Street	10	84	84 (8 class C)	F	NEP WEST 119TH STREET PROPERTIES LLC
79	227 West 136th Street	11	83.6	92 (29 class C)	F	Not on file
80	104 West 139th Street	20	82.5	165 (32 class C)	F	City program owner (HDFC)
81	2474 Adam C Powell Blvd	9	82.2	74 (16 class C)	D	DAWOOD REALTY, INC
82	230 Bradhurst Avenue	10	81	81 (12 class C)	F	JOE UPTOWN LLC
83	235 West 135th Street	8	80	64 (21 class C)	F	GREATER HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP (City program owner (HDFC))
84	148 West 124th Street	20	79.5	159 (53 class C)	F	City program owner (HDFC)
85	161 West 140th Street	62	79.2	491 (104 class C)	F	Not on file
86	185 St Nicholas Avenue	12	79.2	95 (20 class C)	F	GLIMMER FIVE LLC
87	72 West 116th Street	15	78	117 (25 class C)	D	RESTORING COMMUNITIES HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
88	123 West 142nd Street	18	75	135 (34 class C)	F	142nd LLC
89	69 West 130th Street	14	75	105 (36 class C)	F	Genesis Y15 OWNERS, LLC (City program owner (HDFC))
90	1917 Adam C Powell Blvd	31	74.2	230 (81 class C)	F	LACP LLC
91	1488 5th Avenue	8	73.8	59 (3 class C)	D	Not on file
92	2494 Fredrick Douglass Bl	9	73.3	66 (16 class C)	F	AFF-WHGA MN 11E LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
93	121 West 133rd Street	10	73	73 (13 class C)	F	WHGA UNITY APARTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
94	23 West 120th Street	6	71.7	43 (7 class C)	D	Individual owner
95	2705 Fredrick Douglass Bl	6	71.7	43 (4 class C)	D	LITTLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH INC
96	104 West 114th Street	11	69.1	76 (33 class C)	F	WHCB 2023, LLC (City program owner (HDFC))
97	361 West 116th Street	11	69.1	76 (23 class C)	F	Harlem Congregations for Comm Improvement Inc.
98	101a West 136th Street	7	68.6	48 (9 class C)	D	Individual owner
99	1971 Adam C Powell Blvd	12	68.3	82 (31 class C)	D	RESTORING COMMUNITIES HDFC (City program owner (HDFC))
100	111 West 138th Street	10	68	68 (31 class C)	F	LAURA B THOMAS HOUSES LP

The full list for Central Harlem, up to 100 buildings. Each row is the record, not a verdict.

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Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.