240 East 119th Street

A 6-story building with 33 apartments, built in 1900, in Manhattan, NY 10035.

Addresses on the lot: 240 to 244 East 119th Street.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

361open HPD violations115 immediately hazardous

71complaints to HPD, past year41 about heat or hot water

22rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

January 2026latest housing court case21 cases on record, all years

240 East 119th Street has 361 open HPD violations, 115 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 71 complaints to HPD in the past year, 41 about heat or hot water. It is registered to SOBRO HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION. 22 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 240 East 119th Street have open violations?

Yes: 361 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	115
B, hazardous	30 days	202
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	44

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, 2 have been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 71 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 41 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 240 East 119th Street?

240 East 119th Street is registered with HPD to SOBRO HARLEM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

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 January 2026. HPD’s record has 21 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

The building is in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, which takes on the city’s worst-maintained buildings.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 18% of residential buildings in 10035 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 240 East 119th Street rent stabilized?

22 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 22 of the building’s 33 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

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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 1-01783-0029.