235 East 196th Street
A 5-story building with 40 apartments, built in 1922, in the Bronx, NY 10458.
Addresses on the lot: 231 to 235 East 196th Street.
HPD records as of October 29, 2026
235 East 196th Street has 543 open HPD violations, 132 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 168 complaints to HPD in the past year, 10 about heat or hot water. It is registered to MS 235 EAST LLC. 40 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2021.
Does 235 East 196th Street have open violations?
Yes: 543 open violations as of October 29, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 132 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 321 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 90 |
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, 58 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 168 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 29, 2026, 10 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.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 235 East 196th Street?
235 East 196th Street is registered with HPD to MS 235 EAST LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building
Housing court and evictions
The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in July 2026. HPD’s record has 23 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, 24% of residential buildings in 10458 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 235 East 196th Street rent stabilized?
40 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2021, the same as in 2018. That’s 40 of the building’s 40 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
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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 2-03301-0004.