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290 East 56th Street

A 4-story building with 24 apartments, built in 1930, in Brooklyn, NY 11203.

HPD records as of November 5, 2026

36open HPD violations14 immediately hazardous
44complaints to HPD, past year19 about heat or hot water
24rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
September 2026latest housing court case6 cases on record, all years

290 East 56th Street has 36 open HPD violations, 14 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 44 complaints to HPD in the past year, 19 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 290 E56 HOLDINGS LLC. 24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 290 East 56th Street have open violations?

Yes: 36 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most14
B, hazardous30 days20
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days2

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, 15 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 44 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, 19 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 290 East 56th Street?

290 East 56th Street is registered with HPD to 290 E56 HOLDINGS LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in September 2026. HPD’s record has 6 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

It is on the city’s Speculation Watch List: rent-regulated buildings sold at prices that suggest the buyer plans to push rents up.

City marshals carried out 3 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 4% of residential buildings in 11203 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 290 East 56th Street rent stabilized?

24 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 23 in 2018. That’s 24 of the building’s 24 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 November 5, 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 3-04727-0016.