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165 East 179th Street

A 6-story building with 83 apartments, built in 1939, in the Bronx, NY 10453.

Addresses on the lot: 161 to 165 East 179th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

14open HPD violations8 immediately hazardous
30complaints to HPD, past year15 about heat or hot water
84rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
December 2025latest housing court case19 cases on record, all years

165 East 179th Street has 14 open HPD violations, 8 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 30 complaints to HPD in the past year, 15 about heat or hot water. It is registered to V&S 179 LLC. 84 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 165 East 179th Street have open violations?

Yes: 14 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most8
B, hazardous30 days5
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days1

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 157 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 30 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 15 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 165 East 179th Street?

165 East 179th Street is registered with HPD to V&S 179 LLC. 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 2025. HPD’s record has 19 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 3 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 24% of residential buildings in 10453 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 165 East 179th Street rent stabilized?

84 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. 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 2-02808-0062.