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1255 Longfellow Avenue

A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1910, in the Bronx, NY 10459.

HPD records as of October 29, 2026

50open HPD violations20 immediately hazardous
69complaints to HPD, past year30 about heat or hot water
19rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2018
December 2023latest housing court case23 cases on record, all years

1255 Longfellow Avenue has 50 open HPD violations, 20 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 69 complaints to HPD in the past year, 30 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 1255 LONGFELLOW AVE PARTNERS. 19 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018.

Does 1255 Longfellow Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 50 open violations as of October 29, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most20
B, hazardous30 days19
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days11

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 24 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 69 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 29, 2026, 30 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 1255 Longfellow Avenue?

1255 Longfellow Avenue is registered with HPD to 1255 LONGFELLOW AVE PARTNERS. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in December 2023. HPD’s record has 23 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 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 15% of residential buildings in 10459 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1255 Longfellow Avenue rent stabilized?

19 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018. That’s 19 of the building’s 20 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 29, 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 2-02993-0046.