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637 East 138th Street

A 6-story building with 50 apartments, built in 2013, in the Bronx, NY 10454.

Addresses on the lot: 637 East 138th Street, 640 East 139th Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

53open HPD violations30 immediately hazardous
64complaints to HPD, past year14 about heat or hot water
51rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
December 2022latest housing court case1 case on record, all years

637 East 138th Street has 53 open HPD violations, 30 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 64 complaints to HPD in the past year, 14 about heat or hot water. It is registered to EAST 138TH STREET OWNERS LLC. 51 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 637 East 138th Street have open violations?

Yes: 53 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most30
B, hazardous30 days11
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days12

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 3 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 64 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 14 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 637 East 138th Street?

637 East 138th Street is registered with HPD to EAST 138TH STREET OWNERS LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in December 2022. HPD’s record has 1 case here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction 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 637 East 138th Street rent stabilized?

51 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. 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 2-02551-0040.