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169 East 109th Street

A 6-story building with 44 apartments, built in 2002, in Manhattan, NY 10029.

Addresses on the lot: 169 to 179 East 109th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

214open HPD violations54 immediately hazardous
99complaints to HPD, past year51 about heat or hot water
44rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
August 2026latest housing court case14 cases on record, all years

169 East 109th Street has 214 open HPD violations, 54 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 99 complaints to HPD in the past year, 51 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Hope Founders HDFC. 44 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 169 East 109th Street have open violations?

Yes: 214 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most54
B, hazardous30 days125
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days35

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, 56 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 99 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 51 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 169 East 109th Street?

169 East 109th Street is registered with HPD to Hope Founders HDFC. 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 August 2026. HPD’s record has 14 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 18% of residential buildings in 10029 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 169 East 109th Street rent stabilized?

44 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 44 of the building’s 44 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 27, 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 1-01637-0028.