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655 East 189th Street

A 5-story building with 27 apartments, built in 1912, in the Bronx, NY 10458.

Addresses on the lot: 653 to 655 East 189th Street.

HPD records as of November 4, 2026

107open HPD violations40 immediately hazardous
7complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
27rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2020
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years3 older

655 East 189th Street has 107 open HPD violations, 40 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 655 E 189 LLC. 27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2020.

Does 655 East 189th Street have open violations?

Yes: 107 open violations as of November 4, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most40
B, hazardous30 days50
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days17

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, 7 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 4, 2026, none 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 655 East 189th Street?

655 East 189th Street is registered with HPD to 655 E 189 LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 3 older cases, the latest from 2018.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction 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 655 East 189th Street rent stabilized?

27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2020, the same as in 2018. That’s 27 of the building’s 27 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 November 4, 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 2-03091-0003.