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489 East 142nd Street

A 6-story building with 96 apartments, built in 1973, in the Bronx, NY 10454.

Addresses on the lot: 365 to 367 Brook Avenue, 377 Brook Avenue, 489 East 142nd Street, 499 East 142nd Street.

HPD records as of November 3, 2026

8open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous
26complaints to HPD, past year3 about heat or hot water
1rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years11 older

489 East 142nd Street has 8 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 26 complaints to HPD in the past year, 3 about heat or hot water. It is registered to GGEORGE HARDY ST. FRANCIS APARTMENTS LLC. 1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 489 East 142nd Street have open violations?

Yes: 8 open violations as of November 3, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most2
B, hazardous30 days3
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days3

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, 13 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 26 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 3, 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 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 489 East 142nd Street?

489 East 142nd Street is registered with HPD to GGEORGE HARDY ST. FRANCIS APARTMENTS LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

2 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 11 older cases, the latest from 2016.

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

For comparison, 16% of residential buildings in 10454 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 489 East 142nd Street rent stabilized?

1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2019. That’s 1 of the building’s 96 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 3, 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 2-02287-0046.