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597 East 187th Street

A 6-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1910, in the Bronx, NY 10458.

Addresses on the lot: 2401 Arthur Avenue.

HPD records as of October 29, 2026

21open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous
5complaints to HPD, past year3 about heat or hot water
20rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
September 2023latest housing court case2 cases on record, all years

597 East 187th Street has 21 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the past year, 3 about heat or hot water. It is registered to NORTHPOINT HOMES, INC. 20 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 597 East 187th Street have open violations?

Yes: 21 open violations as of October 29, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most4
B, hazardous30 days7
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days10

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, 6 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 5 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 29, 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 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.

Who owns 597 East 187th Street?

597 East 187th Street is registered with HPD to NORTHPOINT HOMES, INC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in September 2023. HPD’s record has 2 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, 24% of residential buildings in 10458 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 597 East 187th Street rent stabilized?

20 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 20 of the building’s 20 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 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 2-03066-0029.