Heavy open violations and recent hot water outages mark this 27-unit Hell's Kitchen building.
This 27-unit Hell's Kitchen rental carries 44 open housing-code violations, including 19 Class C immediately hazardous citations. Inspection activity in July 2026 revealed repeated hot water outages alongside common-area maintenance issues. Three things to know:
Multiple apartments logged hot water outages in July 2026. Citations issued in July 2026 document a lack of hot water across multiple apartments, including 3A, 4E, and 5A. The underlying history reflects 55 heat and hot water complaints over three years, peaking in early July with building-wide outages.
Open violations span entrance security and common-area safety. Open citations include defective entrance door latches, broken marble stair treads in the basement, missing fire-retardant plaster, and open pest issues. The overall file holds 44 open violations, paired with 31 unsanitary condition calls and 22 plumbing reports over three years.
Surrounding commercial kitchens drive indoor air quality calls. Within three blocks, residents logged 20 indoor air quality complaints and 11 food establishment calls over the last year. Restaurant venting and exhaust drift often travel through building shafts, making riser proximity a key factor before signing.
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501 West 52nd Street is a 27-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1010810029). This building is associated with Clinton HDFC. Brix tracks 44 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1910, this elevator apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 434 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed October 2, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on June 29, 2005, according to recorded deeds.
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Unit 5A at 501 West 52nd Street has 13 open violations.
Unit 2D at 501 West 52nd Street has 5 open violations.
Unit 4E at 501 West 52nd Street has 3 open violations.
Unit 5B at 501 West 52nd Street has 2 open violations.
Unit 4C at 501 West 52nd Street has 2 open violations.
Unit 3A at 501 West 52nd Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 5D at 501 West 52nd Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 5C at 501 West 52nd Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 5E at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (7 past violations).
Unit 5R at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 4A at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 4B at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 4D at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 3B at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 3R at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 2A at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 2B at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 2E at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 1A at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 5/D at 501 West 52nd Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
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