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970 Kelly Street

An 8-story building with 268 apartments, built in 1982, in the Bronx, NY 10459.

Addresses on the lot: 955 to 967 East 163rd Street, 970 to 974 Kelly Street, 975 Tiffany Street.

HPD records as of October 28, 2026

87open HPD violations29 immediately hazardous
87complaints to HPD, past year23 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
July 2026latest housing court case12 cases on record, all years

970 Kelly Street has 87 open HPD violations, 29 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 87 complaints to HPD in the past year, 23 about heat or hot water. It is registered to THE TIFFANY STREET CONDOMINIUM.

Does 970 Kelly Street have open violations?

Yes: 87 open violations as of October 28, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most29
B, hazardous30 days37
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days21

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, 7 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 87 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 28, 2026, 23 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.

Who owns 970 Kelly Street?

970 Kelly Street is registered with HPD to THE TIFFANY STREET CONDOMINIUM. 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.

2 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in July 2026. HPD’s record has 12 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 970 Kelly 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 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 2-02713-7501.