526A East 159th Street

A 4-story building with 265 apartments, built in 1993, in the Bronx, NY 10451.

Addresses on the lot: 750 Brook Avenue, 752 Brook Avenue, 754 Brook Avenue, 756 Brook Avenue, 758 Brook Avenue, 760 Brook Avenue.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

312open HPD violations34 immediately hazardous

12complaints to HPD, past year7 about heat or hot water

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

April 2025latest housing court case15 cases on record, all years

526A East 159th Street has 312 open HPD violations, 34 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 12 complaints to HPD in the past year, 7 about heat or hot water. It is registered to MELROSE COURT CONDOMINIUM.

Does 526A East 159th Street have open violations?

Yes: 312 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	34
B, hazardous	30 days	87
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	191

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 12 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 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 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 526A East 159th Street?

526A East 159th Street is registered with HPD to MELROSE COURT CONDOMINIUM. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a condominium’s: each apartment has its own owner, so an apartment for rent here is usually rented from that owner, under the condo’s rules.

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 April 2025. HPD’s record has 15 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

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

For comparison, 29% of residential buildings in 10451 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 526A East 159th 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

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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 2-02360-7501.