521 West 42nd Street
Manhattan · Hell's Kitchen, NY 10036
521 West 42nd Street is a 72-apartment building in Hell's Kitchen, built in 2005, managed by Wavecrest MGMT Team. The City has 52 open housing-code violations on file for it, 13 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.72 per apartment, about double the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 94 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 19 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 Wavecrest MGMT Team
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- Units
- 72
- Year built
- 2005
- Neighborhood
- Hell's Kitchen
- 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.
94tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 63 the year before
Typically closed in 19 days · neighborhood median is 5
52open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 0.7 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 13
- Hazardous
- 34
- Non-hazardous
- 5
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings20
- Doors, windows and locks8
- Smoke and CO alarms8
- Pests6
- Electrical5
- Leaks, damp or mould3
Housing Court
Tenants took this building's owner to Housing Court 5 times since October 2023.
A case is a filing, not a finding. Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 521 West 42nd Street yet.
Does the heat hold in January? How long does the super take? Does management answer the phone, and were you charged what you expected? No public record answers any of that. Only someone who lived here can.
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