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188 Lincoln Avenue

A 20-story building with 1,022 apartments, built in 1964, in the Bronx, NY 10454.

Addresses on the lot: 167 to 185 Alexander Avenue, 205 to 207 Alexander Avenue, 215 to 225 Alexander Avenue, 303 to 305 East 135th Street, 300 to 302 East 138th Street, 182 to 190 Lincoln Avenue.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

2open HPD violations1 hazardous
1complaint to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
October 2025latest housing court case4 cases on record, all years

188 Lincoln Avenue has 2 open HPD violations. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. No owner is registered with HPD.

Does 188 Lincoln Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 2 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most0
B, hazardous30 days1
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days1

No class C violation is open. 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments have one. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 1 of them 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 188 Lincoln Avenue?

No current registration with HPD. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must register every year, so a missing registration is worth asking about.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in October 2025. HPD’s record has 4 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 8 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 16% of residential buildings in 10454 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 188 Lincoln 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.

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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 2-02311-0001.