Lead paint violations at 543 West 125th Street, Manhattan
HPD lists 31 open lead paint violations at this Manhattanville-West Harlem building in Manhattan. Each order is set out in plain English, newest first.
- open lead paint violations
- 31
- of them class C, immediately hazardous
- All
- apartments named in open orders
- 4
- newest lead order issued
- Dec 26, 2025
- lead orders on record since 2004
- 93
An order is open while HPD still hasn't accepted a repair, or proof from the owner, for it. Once HPD accepts it, the order is closed. What to do next
Lead orders still open, newest first
All 31 open orders appear below.
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Where | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Baseboard at west wall, 1st door frame from north at east wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the 4th room from east at north | Dec 26, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from east at south wall, north wall, east wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the bathroom | Dec 26, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall, east wall in the foyer | Dec 26, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | Dec 26, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the private hallway | Dec 26, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | West wall in the private hallway | Dec 26, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from south at west wall, north wall, south wall, east wall in the kitchenette | Dec 26, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | Dec 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | East wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the bathroom | Dec 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Baseboard at west wall, 1st door frame from north at east wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the 4th room from east at north | Dec 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall, east wall in the foyer | Dec 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from south at west wall, north wall, east wall in the kitchenette | Dec 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from west at north wall, south wall, west wall in the 4th room from east at south | Dec 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | East wall in the private hallway | Dec 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 622) | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Dec 1, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | Dec 1, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from north at east wall, west wall in the 3rd room from east at north | Dec 1, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from west at north wall, 1st door frame from west at north wall, west wall in the 3rd room from east at south | Dec 1, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, east wall in the bathroom | Dec 1, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the private hallway | Dec 1, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | West wall in the private hallway | Dec 1, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the 3rd room from east at north | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from north at east wall in the 3rd room from east at north | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | East wall in the foyer | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the 1st room from east | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 22 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from north at east wall in the private hallway | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 47 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | East wall in the 3rd room from north | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 47 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, south wall in the foyer | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 47 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st window frame from north at east wall in the bathroom | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 62 | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 621) | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Nov 6, 2023 |
| 60 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the 1st room from east at south | Oct 24, 2022 |
Unless a row says otherwise, each open order here still reads "notice sent to the owner". For HPD Online, the building ID numbers are BIN 1059691, BBL 1019820005. Open HPD Online
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 at 543 West 125th Street. 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.
These lead orders in plain English
Local Law 1 of 2004 is the city's lead paint law today. Orders here from before August 2004 came under the older city lead rules it replaced; the later ones were issued under it. Lead paint is presumed in buildings built before 1960, and owners get extra duties for apartments where a child under 6 lives.
- 29 open: peeling lead paint to fix. The paint here contains lead, or is presumed to, and it is peeling or sits on damaged surfaces. Repairing it is the owner's job, using lead-safe work methods.
- 2 open: vacant-apartment lead work not proven. While the apartment sat empty, the owner had to make its doors, windows and floors lead-safe, then prove that to HPD. The proof isn't there.
HPD uses class C for a condition that is immediately hazardous. A closed order is one where HPD accepted a repair, or proof from the owner. Of the lead orders here, 62 are closed.
Lead orders here, year by year
- 20042
- 20055
- 20065
- 20148
- 20159
- 20169
- 201712
- 20181
- 20192
- 20224
- 20235
- 20245
- 202526
Closed lead orders (62)
This list shows the 40 most recent closures.
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Issued | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 18, 2024 | Dec 2, 2024 |
| 47 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 18, 2024 | Dec 2, 2024 |
| 62 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Nov 6, 2023 | Dec 8, 2023 |
| 62 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Nov 6, 2023 | Dec 8, 2023 |
| 62 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Nov 6, 2023 | Dec 8, 2023 |
| 42 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 27, 2023 | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 26 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 11, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 |
| 26 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 11, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 |
| 26 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 11, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 |
| 46 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 18, 2019 | Oct 19, 2021 |
| 53 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 28, 2006 | Sep 14, 2021 |
| 46 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 20, 2014 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| 46 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 20, 2014 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| 46 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 20, 2014 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| 46 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 20, 2014 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| 60 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 28, 2015 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| 43 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 1, 2017 | Feb 25, 2019 |
| 43 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 1, 2017 | Feb 25, 2019 |
| 42 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Nov 20, 2018 | Feb 25, 2019 |
| 43 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 22, 2019 | Feb 25, 2019 |
| 53 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 9, 2004 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 53 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 9, 2004 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 16, 2005 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 16, 2005 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 16, 2005 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 54 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 8, 2005 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 13, 2005 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 20, 2006 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 53 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 6, 2006 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 53 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 6, 2006 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 53 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 6, 2006 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 64 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 7, 2016 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 64 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 7, 2016 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 64 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 7, 2016 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 64 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 7, 2016 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| 56 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 22, 2017 | Feb 6, 2018 |
| 56 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 22, 2017 | Feb 6, 2018 |
| 60 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 5, 2017 | Nov 3, 2017 |
| 60 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 14, 2014 | Aug 29, 2017 |
| 60 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 14, 2014 | Aug 29, 2017 |
A closed order is one where HPD has accepted a repair, or proof from the owner, for it. That doesn't mean the entire building is lead-safe.
Lead orders at other buildings in Manhattanville-West Harlem
Records: HPD's housing violation data, published on NYC Open Data and refreshed monthly; it covers lead paint orders 610 to 626, and the newest lead order anywhere in it is dated October 21, 2026. This page only reads the public record. It is not a medical opinion or a legal finding about the owner.