819 East 161st Street
A 3-story building with 144 apartments, built in 1994, in the Bronx, NY 10459.
Addresses on the lot: 819 East 161st Street, 821 East 161st Street, 825 East 161st Street, 827 East 161st Street, 829 East 161st Street, 889 Prospect Avenue.
HPD records as of October 28, 2026
819 East 161st Street has 99 open HPD violations, 8 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 9 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to Nehemiah Condominium Unit IV Corp.
Does 819 East 161st Street have open violations?
Yes: 99 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 | 8 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 29 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 62 |
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, 15 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 9 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, none 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 819 East 161st Street?
819 East 161st Street is registered with HPD to Nehemiah Condominium Unit IV Corp. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.
The name is a condominium’s: each apartment has its own owner, so an apartment for rent here is usually rented from that owner, under the condo’s rules.
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 November 2021. HPD’s record has 5 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 15% of residential buildings in 10459 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 819 East 161st 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
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- 910 Prospect Avenue22 apartments, built 1910
- 925 Union Avenue23 apartments, built 1905
- 824 East 161st Street22 apartments, built 1907
- 834 East 161st Street22 apartments, built 1906
- 890 Prospect Avenue124 apartments, built 2005
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 2-02677-7501.