661 East 181st Street

A 14-story building with 281 apartments, built in 1959, in the Bronx, NY 10457.

Addresses on the lot: 2141 Crotona Avenue, 661 to 665 East 181st Street.

HPD records as of October 22, 2026

344open HPD violations57 immediately hazardous

182complaints to HPD, past year147 about heat or hot water

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

January 2026latest housing court case12 cases on record, all years

661 East 181st Street has 344 open HPD violations, 57 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 182 complaints to HPD in the past year, 147 about heat or hot water. It is registered to DENNIS LANE APTS INC.

Does 661 East 181st Street have open violations?

Yes: 344 open violations as of October 22, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	57
B, hazardous	30 days	234
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	53

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, 17 have been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 182 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 22, 2026, 147 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

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 661 East 181st Street?

661 East 181st Street is registered with HPD to DENNIS LANE APTS INC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

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

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in January 2026. HPD’s record has 12 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 6 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 21% of residential buildings in 10457 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 661 East 181st Street 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.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 22, 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 2-03083-0001.