Lead paint violations at 65 Ft Washington Avenue, Manhattan
HPD lists 45 open lead paint violations at this Washington Heights (South) building in Manhattan, under Local Law 1. Each order is set out in plain English, newest first.
- open lead paint violations
- 45
- of them class C, immediately hazardous
- 42
- apartments named in open orders, plus 2 building-wide
- 8
- newest lead order issued
- Jun 17, 2024
- lead orders on record since 2008
- 60
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 45 open orders appear below.
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Where | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from east at south wall door frame, 1st closet from north at east wall door frame in the kitchen | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 1F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 1D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from west at north wall, west wall in the 1st room from east at south | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 1D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, south wall, east wall in the 1st room from east at south | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 1D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from east at south wall door frame in the foyer | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 1D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from east at south wall door, north wall, south wall in the foyer | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 1D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from east at south wall, 1st dumb waiter from north at east wall, south wall in the kitchen | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 57 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | May 22, 2023 |
| 57 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | May 22, 2023 |
| 57 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from east at south wall in the 3rd room from east at north | May 22, 2023 |
| 57 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | West wall in the 2nd room from east | May 22, 2023 |
| 57 | 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 kitchen | May 22, 2023 |
| 57 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from north at east wall door frame in the private hallway | May 22, 2023 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling in the 1st bathroom from east | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 4th door from east at south wall in the 4th room from east | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 3rd door frame from east at south wall in the 3rd room from east | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 57 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | Sep 14, 2022 |
| 57 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from east at south wall in the 3rd room from east at north | Sep 14, 2022 |
| 47 | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 623)Owner's lead papers rejected | B, hazardous | The whole apartment | Aug 1, 2022 |
| 1D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 2nd window frame from east at south wall in the 1st room from east at south | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 1D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, west wall in the 1st room from east at south | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 1D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st window frame from west at north wall in the kitchen | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 1D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from north at east wall door in the 2nd private hallway from east | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 57 | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 623)Lead docs submitted, acceptable | B, hazardous | The whole apartment | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 35 | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 623)Inspector could not get in to re-check | B, hazardous | The whole apartment | Jul 22, 2022 |
| Building | Young children: tenants not asked, or no lead check (order 619)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Yearly tenant notice | Jul 18, 2022 |
| Building | Lead records not handed to HPD (order 620)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Building paperwork | Jul 18, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | East wall, 1st window frame from east at south wall, 2nd window frame from east at south wall in the 8th room from east | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | North wall in the 7th room from east | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from west at north wall door frame in the 3rd room from east | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from south at west wall door frame, north wall, east wall, west wall in the 1st room from east at north | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from west at north wall door frame in the 1st room from east at south | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from south at west wall, north wall in the 2nd private hallway from east | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from east at south wall door frame in the 3rd private hallway from east | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from west at north wall door frame, 1st door frame from south at west wall in the 1st room from east at south | Oct 21, 2021 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from west at north wall in the 3rd room from east | Oct 21, 2021 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from south at west wall in the 1st private hallway from east | Oct 21, 2021 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from west at north wall in the kitchen | Oct 21, 2021 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from west at north wall in the 8th room from east | Oct 21, 2021 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from south at west wall in the 1st room from east at north | Oct 21, 2021 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from west at north wall in the 7th room from east | Oct 21, 2021 |
| 66 | 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 bathroom | Nov 12, 2019 |
| 42 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from west at north wall ceiling, 1st closet from west at north wall wall in the foyer | Oct 3, 2019 |
| 42 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from east at south wall ceiling, 1st closet from east at south wall wall in the 3rd room from north | Oct 3, 2019 |
| 42 | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Waiting for a re-inspection | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from south at west wall ceiling, 1st closet from south at west wall wall in the 4th room from north at east | Oct 3, 2019 |
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 1063332, BBL 1021360145. 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 65 Ft Washington Avenue. 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, and these orders 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.
- 40 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.
- 3 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.
- 1 open: young children: tenants not asked, or no lead check. The owner failed to send the yearly notice asking whether the apartment has a child under 6, or failed to check for lead hazards.
- 1 open: lead records not handed to HPD. The building's lead paint records, covering notices, inspections and repairs, were requested by HPD, but the owner didn't send them within 45 days.
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, 15 are closed.
Lead orders here, year by year
- 20081
- 20194
- 20204
- 20217
- 202228
- 202312
- 20244
Closed lead orders (15)
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Issued | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1C | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | B | Aug 1, 2022 | Oct 5, 2026 |
| 56 | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | B | Aug 1, 2022 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| 46 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 17, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 |
| 46 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 17, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 |
| 1D | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | C | Dec 26, 2023 | Feb 6, 2024 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 28, 2022 | May 26, 2023 |
| 32 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 19, 2022 | Oct 20, 2022 |
| 32 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 19, 2022 | Oct 20, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 28, 2022 | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 34 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 28, 2022 | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 26 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 15, 2020 | Feb 9, 2022 |
| 26 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 15, 2020 | Nov 29, 2021 |
| 26 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 15, 2020 | Nov 29, 2021 |
| 26 | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 15, 2020 | Nov 29, 2021 |
| 55 | Lead records not handed to HPD | C | Oct 27, 2008 | Feb 10, 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 Washington Heights (South)
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.