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526 East 138th St, Bronx

BBL 2-02265-0033

Built
1906
Floors
6
Residential units
29
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
5,000 sq ft
Floor area
20,976 sq ft
Last sale
$17,900,000 for 3 lots

En español: 21 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 43 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 4 años abierta, desde el 18 de abril de 2022.

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  1. 21

    Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Vermin / Infestation.

    28 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 22

    Class B, hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.

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Certifications are being filed faster than new violations come in. 50 certifications filed against 11 new Class C in the last 180 days.

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 50 Class C violations: 47 by the original certify-by date, 3 after it. How certification works

The original certify-by dates on the 43 open HPD violations run from May 14, 2024 to November 3, 2026. The report prints the date beside each one.

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21 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed April 18, 2022.

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Open Class C, week by week
22 on September 24, 2026 and 22 on October 8.
OATH/ECB summonses
6 DOB and FDNY summonses here since January 1, 2019, with $1,100 in penalties imposed.
  • October 7, 2019, DOB: Unlawful acts. Failure to comply with an order of the commissioner. Dismissed.
  • August 5, 2019, DOB: Unlawful acts. Failure to comply with an order of the commissioner. Dismissed.
  • July 3, 2019, FDNY: Rooftop access and means of egress. In violation, $475 penalty imposed.

The newest 3 of 6 summonses OATH lists here. The report lists all 6, with each outcome, the penalty imposed and any docketing date. What the report adds

Housing court
1 open housing court case, opened August 27, 2026. 21 housing court cases here since 2006.
DOB facade
Rated Safe in the latest facade report, filed March 1, 2021 (inspection cycle 9). Reports in earlier inspection cycles rated it SWARMP in 2019. SWARMP means safe with a repair and maintenance program.
DOB permits
DOB NOW lists 1 work permit here: Sidewalk Shed, issued February 12, 2021, expired February 12, 2022.
Bedbug report
Filed December 16, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C21 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Vermin / InfestationDefect letter sent19173510526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Vermin / InfestationDefect letter sent19173508526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Vermin / InfestationNot complied with19158489526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Vermin / InfestationNot complied with19158488526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Certified late19152393526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Notice sent19152388526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Notice sent19152387526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Notice sent19152385526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Notice sent19152383526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Notice sent19152382526-530-534 E 138 LLC
The report lists all 21, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B22 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent19215190
Notice sent19215187
Notice sent19215185
Notice sent19158548526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Notice sent19158545526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Notice sent19158532526-530-534 E 138 LLC
False certification19158467526-530-534 E 138 LLC
False certification19158461526-530-534 E 138 LLC
Not complied with18766330526-530-534 E 138 LLC
No access to reinspect (first try)18657367526-530-534 E 138 LLC
The report lists all 22, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds

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The most common category among the open records here is vermin and pests.

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Questions about this building

Does 526 East 138 Street, Bronx have open violations?

Yes. 526 East 138 Street, Bronx had 43 open violations on October 10, 2026: 43 from HPD. 21 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 4 years, since April 18, 2022.

Is 526 East 138 Street, Bronx getting better or worse?

Certifications are being filed faster than new violations come in. 50 certifications filed against 11 new Class C in the last 180 days. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 526 East 138 Street, Bronx?

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 50 Class C violations: 47 by the original certify-by date, 3 after it. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

Is 526 East 138 Street, Bronx in housing court?

Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened August 27, 2026. 21 housing court cases here since 2006. HPD takes buildings to housing court to get violations fixed and heat and hot water restored, and it joins tenants' own repair cases, called tenant actions. A case stays open until the court closes it.

What did the latest facade report find at 526 East 138 Street, Bronx?

Rated Safe in the latest facade report, filed March 1, 2021 (inspection cycle 9). Reports in earlier inspection cycles rated it SWARMP in 2019. SWARMP means safe with a repair and maintenance program. Buildings taller than six stories must have their exterior walls inspected once in every inspection cycle under the city's Facade Inspection Safety Program (every five years under DOB's current rule), and each inspection report is filed with DOB as Safe, SWARMP (safe with a repair and maintenance program) or Unsafe. No Report Filed means DOB has no report for that cycle. The rating is from the latest filing and does not describe the facade today; DOB's page for the building shows anything filed since.

When did 526 East 138 Street, Bronx last file its bedbug report?

On December 16, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

Is 526 East 138 Street, Bronx rent stabilized?

The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.

When was 526 East 138 Street, Bronx built?

The city's record gives 1906 as the year 526 East 138 Street, Bronx was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up building with 6 floors.

How many apartments does 526 East 138 Street, Bronx have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 29 residential units at 526 East 138 Street, Bronx. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, HPD's housing court cases, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB facade filings, DOB NOW work permits, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. This page is current through October 10, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, HPD's housing court cases, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB facade filings, DOB NOW work permits, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 526 East 138th St, Bronx: 29 units, 21 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/526-east-138-street-bronx

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