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228 East 116th Street

A 6-story building with 28 apartments, built in 1910, in Manhattan, NY 10029.

Addresses on the lot: 228 to 230 East 116th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

55open HPD violations27 immediately hazardous
7complaints to HPD, past year5 about heat or hot water
25rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
January 2026latest housing court case13 cases on record, all years

228 East 116th Street has 55 open HPD violations, 27 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the past year, 5 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 228 East 116. 25 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 228 East 116th Street have open violations?

Yes: 55 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most27
B, hazardous30 days22
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days6

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, 3 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 5 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 228 East 116th Street?

228 East 116th Street is registered with HPD to 228 East 116. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in January 2026. HPD’s record has 13 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 3 evictions 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 228 East 116th Street rent stabilized?

25 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 25 of the building’s 28 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 1-01665-0038.