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40 East 169th Street

A 5-story building with 40 apartments, built in 1926, in the Bronx, NY 10452.

Addresses on the lot: 38 to 40 East 169th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

47open HPD violations22 immediately hazardous
3complaints to HPD, past year3 about heat or hot water
42rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years5 older

40 East 169th Street has 47 open HPD violations, 22 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 3 complaints to HPD in the past year, 3 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 38-40 EAST 169 REALTY LLC. 42 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 40 East 169th Street have open violations?

Yes: 47 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most22
B, hazardous30 days19
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, 1 has been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 3 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 3 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 40 East 169th Street?

40 East 169th Street is registered with HPD to 38-40 EAST 169 REALTY LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 5 older cases, the latest from 2019.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 38% of residential buildings in 10452 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 40 East 169th Street rent stabilized?

42 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. 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 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 2-02481-0019.