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1229 Clay Avenue

A 6-story building with 123 apartments, built in 1929, in the Bronx, NY 10456.

Addresses on the lot: 1229 to 1249 Clay Avenue, 1251 to 1273 Clay Avenue.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

95open HPD violations52 immediately hazardous
6complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
119rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2019
April 2026latest housing court case134 cases on record, all years

1229 Clay Avenue has 95 open HPD violations, 52 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 6 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 1229-1273 REALTY LLC. 119 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2019.

Does 1229 Clay Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 95 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most52
B, hazardous30 days29
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days14

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 117 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 6 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, none about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 1229 Clay Avenue?

1229 Clay Avenue is registered with HPD to 1229-1273 REALTY LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in April 2026. HPD’s record has 134 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.

City marshals carried out 21 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 22% of residential buildings in 10456 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1229 Clay Avenue rent stabilized?

119 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2019, the same as in 2018. That’s 119 of the building’s 123 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 28, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 2-02431-0026.