525 West 49 Street
Manhattan · 10019 · BBL 1010780016 · look up another building
One open class I violation here, the grade the city uses when it orders part of a building vacated.
Most recent filing on this building: a violation, April 29, 2026
525 West 49 Street is a multi-family elevator building in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, ZIP 10019. City records date it to 1940 and count 47 apartments. The city's property file lists the owner of record as HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS INSTITUTE, INC. Its total assessed value is $4.3M, for the 2026 tax year.
No DHCR registration is on file for this address, which is a gap in the record rather than an answer about your apartment. The state will send you your own rent history free, and it is the only binding answer on what you should be paying.
Know the month this building changes
Most buildings here are quiet. Two filings a year is normal, so most months there's nothing to report on 525 West 49 Street and we'll say so. The point is the month we do
Taxes and assessed value for 525 West 49 Street
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $4.3M for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $91K per residential unit. Assessed value is what the city taxes, not what the building would sell for, and the two routinely differ by a wide margin. The bill itself turns on the tax class rate and on any exemptions or abatements attached to the lot, neither of which is published here.
1 marshal eviction at 525 West 49 Street
City marshals executed 1 eviction at 525 West 49 Street in the record PulseCities holds, the most recent on Jul 25, 2024. That is more than 8 in 10 buildings its size in 10019. Holding the marshal docket number or the court index number from one of these? Look up that case →
Rent stabilization at 525 West 49 Street
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 525 West 49 Street in the years PulseCities holds. Absence is not proof: an owner who stops registering leaves the same gap as a building that never had stabilized units. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history from the state. That is the only binding answer, and it takes time to come back. While you wait, you can get an email when the record here moves: a deed, an eviction, a permit or a violation filed on this building. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open code violations at 525 West 49 Street
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 13 violations against this building, of which 8 remain unresolved. That is more than 7 in 10 buildings its size in 10019. The most serious open grade here is class I, immediately hazardous, with 1 open violation.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
Violation history at 525 West 49 Street
| Violation | Issued | Class |
|---|---|---|
| File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or…Nov Sent Out | Apr 29, 2026 | A |
| Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and i…Info Nov Sent Out | Nov 17, 2025 | I |
| Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... more than 10 sq feet under base cabinet at…First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation | Apr 29, 2025 | B |
| Properly repair or replace the broken or defective wall cabinet at west in the kitchenNov Sent Out | Apr 29, 2025 | B |
| Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartmentViolation Dismissed | Apr 28, 2025 | C |
| Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department under base cabinet at south and west wal…Nov Sent Out | Apr 28, 2025 | A |
| Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... greater than 10 sq feet under base cabinet…First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation | Apr 28, 2025 | B |
| Properly repair or replace the broken or defective mechanical. vent at north wall in the kitchenNov Sent Out | Apr 28, 2025 | B |
The 8 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 5 of them still open. Each row is the inspector's own wording with the statute citation removed. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
311 complaint history at 525 West 49 Street
12 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through October 10, 2026.
How 525 West 49 Street compares in 10019
PulseCities tracks 9,290 lots in 10019, of which 118 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 629 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. This building is in that second group, which is 1.3% of the ZIP. 10019 scores 21.7 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 130 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Hell's Kitchen →
Other buildings on this block
The city's files carry a record for 8 other addresses on tax block 1078 in Manhattan. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
- 541 West 49 StreetHell's Kitchen, 10019
- 535 West 49 StreetHell's Kitchen, 10019
- 533 West 49 StreetHell's Kitchen, 10019
- 523 West 49 StreetHell's Kitchen, 10019
- 501 West 49 StreetHell's Kitchen, 10019
- 516 West 50 StreetHell's Kitchen, 10019
- 530 West 50 StreetHell's Kitchen, 10019
- 536 West 50 StreetHell's Kitchen, 10019
Questions about 525 West 49 Street
Who owns 525 West 49 Street?
The city's property file lists HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS INSTITUTE, INC. as the owner of record for 525 West 49 Street. No deed for this lot appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds, so that name comes from the tax roll rather than from a recorded transfer.
Has 525 West 49 Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 525 West 49 Street appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.
Have there been evictions at 525 West 49 Street?
Yes. One marshal-executed eviction at 525 West 49 Street appears in the NYC evictions dataset, the most recent on Jul 25, 2024. The dataset covers executed evictions only, so it undercounts housing court activity: cases that settle or end in a move-out never reach a marshal.
Is 525 West 49 Street rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 525 West 49 Street appears in the years PulseCities holds. That is a gap in the registration record rather than an answer about any apartment, and the free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal is what settles it.
What is 525 West 49 Street assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $4.3M for the 2026 tax year. That is the figure the city taxes rather than a sale price, and the bill depends on the tax class rate and on any exemptions on the lot.
What is the displacement risk around 525 West 49 Street?
10019 (Hell's Kitchen) scores 21.7 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, 311 complaint volume, executed evictions, and serious HPD violations. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
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Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.