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142 West 87th Street

Manhattan · Upper West Side (Central), NY 10024

142 West 87th Street is a 10-apartment building in Upper West Side (Central), built in 1890, managed by Exl Management LLC. The City has 64 open housing-code violations on file for it, 16 of them immediately hazardous, about 6.4 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). One complaint was filed with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 6 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.

Managed by Exl Management LLC

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Units
10
Year built
1890
Borough
Manhattan

This building’s record with the City

Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.

1.2/5Among the worst on record nearbyScored from the records below against every building we cover. It is not a tenant rating. Nobody who lived here said this.

Complaints are down from 7 to 1 year on year.

1tenant complaint

Filed with 311 in the past year · 7 the year before

Typically closed in 6 days · neighborhood median is 4

64open repairs

Outstanding with HPD · about 6.4 per apartment

Immediately hazardous
16
Hazardous
43
Non-hazardous
5

What the open repairs are about

  • Stairs, floors and ceilings25
  • Smoke and CO alarms11
  • Doors, windows and locks9
  • Leaks, damp or mould8
  • Heat or hot water7
  • Rubbish and cleanliness2

Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026

The company that manages it, elsewhere

Exl Management LLC manages 10 other buildings we cover, holding 91 apartments.

open violations
188open violations
immediately hazardous
59immediately hazardous
311 complaints
57311 complaints

in the past year

per apartment
2.1per apartment

The company’s record across its other buildings, not this building’s. A company can run one well and another badly, and these figures often predate the current management. (HPD and 311, as of 5 October 2026.)

What tenants say

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