Lead paint violations in Manhattan
HPD's order to repair peeling lead paint, or to carry out lead work the law requires, is called a lead paint violation. This page ranks Manhattan buildings by open violations, and the lookup covers any address.
- Manhattan buildings with open lead orders
- 2,152
- open lead paint violations
- 13,221
- of them class C
- 91%
- buildings with any lead order on record
- 4,073
Every Manhattan building that has a lead order on HPD's record is included in the answer.
Manhattan buildings ranked by open lead paint violations
Get the full list as a CSV file, which holds all 2,152 Manhattan buildings with an open lead order. A violation stays open until HPD accepts the repair.
Ranked by open orders, the 167 buildings below each hold 10 or more lead paint violations that are still open and were issued since January 2023. The top count is 87 at 609 West 180th Street. Washington Heights (South) has the most open orders on this list, followed by Washington Heights (North) and Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill.
| # | Building | Open | Apartments | Newest order | Neighborhood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 609 West 180th Street | 87 | 14 | Oct 16, 2025 | Washington Heights (North) |
| 2 | 551 Edgecombe Avenue | 79 | 32 | Sep 17, 2026 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 3 | 234 West 135th Street | 67 | 14 | Apr 16, 2025 | Harlem (North) |
| 4 | 2340 Adam C Powell Boulevard | 54 | 19 | Apr 10, 2026 | Harlem (North) |
| 5 | 509 West 183rd Street | 50 | 10 | Oct 13, 2026 | Washington Heights (North) |
| 6 | 306 East 116th Street | 48 | 7 | Sep 28, 2026 | East Harlem (North) |
| 7 | 600 Academy Street | 48 | 4 | Apr 17, 2025 | Inwood |
| 8 | 681 West 193rd Street | 48 | 6 | Sep 28, 2026 | Washington Heights (North) |
| 9 | 143 West 96th Street | 45 | 19 | Aug 24, 2026 | Upper West Side (Central) |
| 10 | 319 Edgecombe Avenue | 45 | 40 | Dec 5, 2024 | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| 11 | 65 Ft Washington Avenue | 45 | 8 | Jun 17, 2024 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 12 | 543 West 146th Street | 44 | 7 | Feb 25, 2026 | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| 13 | 600 West 218th Street | 44 | 32 | Aug 10, 2023 | Inwood |
| 14 | 111 West 104th Street | 40 | 3 | Sep 18, 2026 | Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley |
| 15 | 3900 Broadway | 40 | 2 | Jun 22, 2026 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 16 | 561 West 169th Street | 40 | 6 | Apr 20, 2026 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 17 | 605 West 182nd Street | 38 | 9 | Oct 31, 2025 | Washington Heights (North) |
| 18 | 540 West 189th Street | 37 | 3 | Oct 2, 2026 | Washington Heights (North) |
| 19 | 564 West 189th Street | 36 | 10 | Oct 19, 2026 | Washington Heights (North) |
| 20 | 602 West 141st Street | 35 | 7 | Sep 21, 2026 | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| 21 | 712 West 176th Street | 35 | 3 | Sep 21, 2026 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 22 | 1 Sickles Street | 34 | 22 | Jun 11, 2024 | Washington Heights (North) |
| 23 | 905 West End Avenue | 34 | 1 | Mar 17, 2026 | Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley |
| 24 | 974 St Nicholas Avenue | 34 | 16 | Jul 6, 2026 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 25 | 351 West 125th Street | 33 | 5 | Mar 10, 2026 | Morningside Heights |
| 26 | 3621 Broadway | 33 | 3 | Aug 25, 2025 | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| 27 | 3910 Broadway | 33 | 2 | Sep 28, 2026 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 28 | 503 West 169th Street | 32 | 12 | Jul 1, 2026 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 29 | 2 Magaw Place | 31 | 4 | Aug 28, 2026 | Washington Heights (North) |
| 30 | 228 West 147th Street | 31 | 27 | Oct 8, 2025 | Harlem (North) |
| 31 | 229 West 97th Street | 31 | 5 | Mar 26, 2025 | Upper West Side (Central) |
| 32 | 3341 Broadway | 31 | 9 | Nov 17, 2023 | Manhattanville-West Harlem |
| 33 | 414 West 120th Street | 31 | 30 | Mar 11, 2024 | Morningside Heights |
| 34 | 543 West 125th Street | 31 | 4 | Dec 26, 2025 | Manhattanville-West Harlem |
| 35 | 608 West 139th Street | 31 | 9 | Jul 20, 2026 | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| 36 | 1 Marble Hill Avenue | 30 | 7 | Jun 1, 2026 | Kingsbridge-Marble Hill |
| 37 | 241 Central Park West | 30 | 29 | Jan 12, 2026 | Upper West Side (Central) |
| 38 | 35 Vermilyea Avenue | 30 | 4 | Nov 10, 2025 | Inwood |
| 39 | 860 Riverside Drive | 30 | 11 | Jul 24, 2025 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 40 | 52 Arden Street | 29 | 8 | Jul 10, 2026 | Washington Heights (North) |
| 41 | 545 West 144th Street | 29 | 4 | Jun 18, 2026 | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| 42 | 574 St Nicholas Avenue | 29 | 7 | Sep 18, 2026 | Harlem (North) |
| 43 | 165 Sherman Avenue | 28 | 26 | May 29, 2024 | Inwood |
| 44 | 450 West 149th Street | 28 | 16 | Jan 7, 2025 | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
| 45 | 53 Morton Street | 28 | 22 | May 1, 2023 | West Village |
| 46 | 652 West 163rd Street | 28 | 16 | Jun 3, 2024 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 47 | 11 Hillside Avenue | 27 | 8 | Aug 19, 2026 | Washington Heights (North) |
| 48 | 4161 Broadway | 27 | 10 | Aug 29, 2025 | Washington Heights (South) |
| 49 | 32 Macombs Place | 26 | 4 | May 20, 2026 | Harlem (North) |
| 50 | 475 West 145th Street | 26 | 5 | Dec 29, 2025 | Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill |
Data source: HPD violations on NYC Open Data, updated each month. The newest lead order in these records is dated October 21, 2026.
Reading an HPD lead order
- Open orders stay open until HPD accepts a repair or the owner's proof. Once it does, they are closed.
- Class C marks a condition as immediately hazardous. On HPD's record, most orders for lead paint are class C.
- Orders to fix peeling lead paint list the wall, window or door frame, plus the apartment. The hazard itself is what these orders point to.
- A vacant-apartment lead work order says the owner never showed that an empty unit had been made lead-safe before a new tenant arrived.
- A records or notice order means the owner failed to hand over lead paperwork to HPD, or to ask tenants every year if a child under 6 lives in the unit.
Didn't find the building? Type its address into the building lookup: any Manhattan address with a lead order is in it, even one with only a few open orders.
Rights if you rent in Manhattan
Local Law 1 applies to buildings built before 1960. The landlord must find lead paint hazards in any apartment with a child under 6, then fix them, and must make empty units lead-safe before a new tenant arrives. What you can ask for, and letters to send.
Your next steps
- Keep children away from peeling paint. Wash hands, toys, pacifiers, window sills and floors often, and keep children away from rooms where repair work makes dust. Don't sand, scrape or repaint old paint yourself, because that creates lead dust.
- Get your child tested. If you think your child was exposed, get a blood lead test from the doctor now. At age 1, and once more at age 2, New York also requires the test. How the test works
- Put your complaint in writing. Tell your landlord about the peeling paint, and whether a child under age 6 lives there. Free letters in English and Spanish
- Report the problem to HPD. Call 311, or report it online, about peeling paint or repair work that makes dust. Filing is free, and your immigration status doesn't matter.
- Child tested high for lead? Follow the doctor's plan for retesting, then talk to a lead paint lawyer about the building's record: call (888) 503-5930.