A Washington Heights three-family home with an open Class C lead paint hazard and winter heat complaints on file.
A three-family Washington Heights building from 1905 with an active Class C lead paint hazard and a pattern of winter heat outages. Because the address carries affordable housing development covenants, underwriting centers on heating reliability, physical hazards, and neighborhood air quality. Three things to know:
An unresolved Class C lead paint hazard sits on the record. An open Class C immediately hazardous violation from October 2022 cites peeling presumed lead paint on an east wall. In a small three-unit residential property, unresolved paint hazards pose a direct health risk to residents.
Winter heating complaints point to system outages across the building. Seven heat and hot water complaints were logged over the past year, spiking in late January 2026 and April 2026. Multiple calls cited entire-building loss of heat, pointing to boiler instability when temperatures drop.
Surrounding air quality and food-establishment venting calls show localized riser bleed. The three blocks around the building logged 23 indoor air quality calls and 7 food establishment complaints over the last 12 months. Exhaust, cooking odors, and vapor migration through risers are common lived-experience issues in dense blocks.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
543 West 159th Street is a 3-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1021180056). This building is associated with Thomasina White. Brix tracks 1 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1905, this walk-up apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 35 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 April 22, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on September 15, 2025, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 20/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 1 at 543 West 159th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 3A at 543 West 159th Street has no open violations (4 past violations).
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