486 Convent Avenue
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Is 486 Convent Avenue rent-stabilized?
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The five-story, 20-unit New Law Tenement building at 486 Convent Avenue in Hamilton Heights, owned by Candle Johnson, has experienced recurring health and maintenance issues over recent years, with the most pressing concerns centering around pest control and heating systems. In 2025 alone, there were multiple documented rodent sightings between January and May, with inspections continuing to show rat activity as recently as April 2025. The building has also faced persistent heating issues, with emergency complaints regarding lack of heat or hot water filed and closed by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) in both January and November 2025, though inspectors were unable to gain access for verification.
The property has been under scrutiny for bedbug compliance as well, with open violations dating back to 2021-2024 indicating failure to file the required annual bedbug reports as mandated by HPD regulations. While there have been periods of rat activity with compliance inspections showing both failures and occasional passes, the frequency of rodent-related complaints and inspections suggests an ongoing pest control challenge. The building's oldest documented rodent inspections show initial results of rat activity in 2021, 2022, and 2023, with some inspections in 2024 and 2025 indicating continued rodent presence. The recurring nature of these issues, particularly the combination of heating problems and pest infestations, highlights persistent maintenance challenges within the property, though specific recent resolutions to these problems are not documented in the available data.
How 486 Convent Avenue's risk score is calculated
We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.
What the score means for you
Out of 882 buildings in this neighborhood, 520 have a higher predicted risk.
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What's driving this score
These are the three data points that most influenced this building's score — ranked by how much weight the model placed on each one.
| Total units | 21 |
|---|---|
| Floors | 5 |
| Year built | 1906 |
| Gross area | 22,220 sq ft |
| Building class | — |
| Tax abatement | None |
Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.
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