556 Howard Avenue
A 2-story building with 128 apartments, built in 1951, in Staten Island, NY 10301.
Addresses on the lot: 160 to 162 Arlo Road, 164 to 166 Arlo Road, 168 to 170 Arlo Road, 172 to 174 Arlo Road, 176 to 178 Arlo Road, 180 to 182 Arlo Road.
HPD records as of October 26, 2026
556 Howard Avenue has 25 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made no complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to Grymes Hill Owners Corp.
Does 556 Howard Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 25 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 4 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 14 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 7 |
It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more 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 no complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026.
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 556 Howard Avenue?
556 Howard Avenue is registered with HPD to Grymes Hill Owners Corp. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.
The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.
13 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.
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
None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 2 older cases, the latest from 2007.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 2% of residential buildings in 10301 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 556 Howard Avenue 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
- 151 Arlo Road24 apartments, built 1951
- 22 Howard Avenue251 apartments, built 1951
- 22 Arlo Road165 apartments, built 1951
- 937 Victory Boulevard111 apartments, built 1965
- 961 Victory Boulevard111 apartments, built 1965
- 800 Victory Boulevard150 apartments, built 1961
HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 26, 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 5-00597-0120.