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280 East 170th Street

A 6-story building with 79 apartments, built in 1995, in the Bronx, NY 10456.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

124open HPD violations34 immediately hazardous
67complaints to HPD, past year13 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
March 2025latest housing court case10 cases on record, all years

280 East 170th Street has 124 open HPD violations, 34 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 67 complaints to HPD in the past year, 13 about heat or hot water. It is registered to EUGENE SMILOVIC HDFC.

Does 280 East 170th Street have open violations?

Yes: 124 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most34
B, hazardous30 days74
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days16

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 12 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 67 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 13 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 280 East 170th Street?

280 East 170th Street is registered with HPD to EUGENE SMILOVIC HDFC. 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 March 2025. HPD’s record has 10 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, 22% of residential buildings in 10456 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 280 East 170th Street 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.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 2-02785-0040.