490 East 181st Street
A 6-story building with 24 apartments, built in 1927, in the Bronx, NY 10457.
HPD records as of October 29, 2026
490 East 181st Street has 204 open HPD violations, 24 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 11 complaints to HPD in the past year, 7 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 490 EAST 181 STREET HDFC.
Does 490 East 181st Street have open violations?
Yes: 204 open violations as of October 29, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 24 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 138 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 42 |
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 11 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 29, 2026, 7 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 490 East 181st Street?
490 East 181st Street is registered with HPD to 490 EAST 181 STREET HDFC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
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 November 2024. HPD’s record has 8 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 3 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 21% of residential buildings in 10457 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 490 East 181st 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.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
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- 503 East 180th Street21 apartments, built 1911
- 2115 Washington Avenue73 apartments, built 1926
- 2170 Bathgate Avenue30 apartments, built 1925
- 4415 3rd Avenue20 apartments, built 1967
- 2176 Bathgate Avenue45 apartments, built 2024
HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 29, 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 2-03047-0014.