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587 East 139th Street

A 6-story building with 90 apartments, built in 1905, in the Bronx, NY 10454.

Addresses on the lot: 587 to 597 East 139th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

26open HPD violations8 immediately hazardous
6complaints to HPD, past year4 about heat or hot water
53rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years4 older

587 East 139th Street has 26 open HPD violations, 8 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 6 complaints to HPD in the past year, 4 about heat or hot water. No owner is registered with HPD. 53 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 587 East 139th Street have open violations?

Yes: 26 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most8
B, hazardous30 days15
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

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 6 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 4 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 587 East 139th Street?

No current registration with HPD. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must register every year, so a missing registration is worth asking about.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 4 older cases, the latest from 2013.

City marshals carried out 3 evictions 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 587 East 139th Street rent stabilized?

53 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 54 in 2019. That’s 53 of the building’s 90 apartments. 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 2-02552-0061.