690 East 140th Street
A 6-story building with 200 apartments, built in 1969, in the Bronx, NY 10454.
Addresses on the lot: 699 East 139th Street, 690 to 700 East 140th Street.
HPD records as of October 28, 2026
690 East 140th Street has 7 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 36 complaints to HPD in the past year, 12 about heat or hot water. It is registered to BETANCES RAD LLC.
Does 690 East 140th Street have open violations?
Yes: 7 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 2 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 5 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 0 |
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, 4 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 36 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 12 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 690 East 140th Street?
690 East 140th Street is registered with HPD to BETANCES RAD LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
36 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.
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 2024. HPD’s record has 1 case here in all, going back to the 1990s.
City marshals carried out 2 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 690 East 140th 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.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 680 East 140th Street36 apartments, built 1920
- 691 East 140th Street21 apartments, built 2006
- 683 East 140th Street75 apartments, built 1920
- 700 East 141st Street34 apartments, built 1927
- 688 East 141st Street32 apartments, built 1920
- 298 Cypress Avenue50 apartments, built 1920
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 2-02568-0012.