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797 East 142nd Street

A 5-story building with 20 apartments, built in 1915, in the Bronx, NY 10454.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

78open HPD violations27 immediately hazardous
104complaints to HPD, past year16 about heat or hot water
22rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2018
March 2024latest housing court case5 cases on record, all years

797 East 142nd Street has 78 open HPD violations, 27 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 104 complaints to HPD in the past year, 16 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 797 E 142ND STREET LLC. 22 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2018.

Does 797 East 142nd Street have open violations?

Yes: 78 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most27
B, hazardous30 days34
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, 66 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 104 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 16 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 797 East 142nd Street?

797 East 142nd Street is registered with HPD to 797 E 142ND STREET LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in March 2024. HPD’s record has 5 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

The building is in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, which takes on the city’s worst-maintained buildings.

City marshals carried out no 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 797 East 142nd Street rent stabilized?

22 apartments were registered as rent stabilized 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 2-02575-0028.