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1685 Hoe Avenue

A 6-story building with 75 apartments, built in 1926, in the Bronx, NY 10460.

Addresses on the lot: 1685 to 1687 Hoe Avenue.

HPD records as of October 29, 2026

17open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous
7complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
June 2026latest housing court case2 cases on record, all years

1685 Hoe Avenue has 17 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC.

Does 1685 Hoe Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 17 open violations as of October 29, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most2
B, hazardous30 days8
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days7

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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 29, 2026, 2 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 1685 Hoe Avenue?

1685 Hoe Avenue is registered with HPD to PRC SHAKESPEARE AVENUE LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

5 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in June 2026. HPD’s record has 2 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 14% of residential buildings in 10460 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1685 Hoe Avenue rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 2-02983-0038.