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40 East 169th St, Bronx

BBL 2-02481-0019

Built
1926
Floors
5
Residential units
40
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R8
Lot area
9,000 sq ft
Floor area
39,600 sq ft

En español: 4 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 6 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 14 años abierta, desde el 18 de mayo de 2012.

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  1. 4

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

    22 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 2

    Class B, hazardous

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 4 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days.

The original certify-by dates on the 6 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was April 23, 2025. The report prints the date beside each one.

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4 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed May 18, 2012.

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OATH/ECB summonses
1 DOB summons here since January 1, 2019, with $310 in penalties imposed.
  • September 13, 2024, DOB: Failure to maintain building in code-compliant manner. Resolved by stipulation, $310 penalty imposed.
Housing court
5 housing court cases here since 2009, most of them tenant actions.
DOB permits
DOB NOW lists 1 work permit here: General Construction, issued November 18, 2024, signed off.
Energy benchmarking
ENERGY STAR score 41 for 2024, against a median of 67 for Multifamily Housing that year.
Local Law 97
Covered under Article 321, the path for certain affordable housing and houses of worship (DOB's list, March 1, 2026).
Boiler inspection
Inspected August 25, 2025. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year. Need this filed?
Bedbug report
Filed May 6, 2026, 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).
Tax exemption
Has a J-51 tax exemption (DOF 2026/27 roll). DOF lists its start year as 2017.

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

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class C4 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant17734241
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant17734240
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant17631841
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant17631840
Class B2 open
Notice sent17734238
Notice sent17734237

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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 40 East 169 Street, Bronx have open violations?

Yes. 40 East 169 Street, Bronx had 6 open violations on October 10, 2026: 6 from HPD. 4 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 14 years, since May 18, 2012.

Is 40 East 169 Street, Bronx getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 4 open Class C, with nothing filed or new 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.

Has 40 East 169 Street, Bronx been in housing court?

Yes. 5 housing court cases here since 2009, most of them tenant actions. 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 is the ENERGY STAR score for 40 East 169 Street, Bronx?

ENERGY STAR score 41 for 2024, against a median of 67 for Multifamily Housing that year. Buildings over 25,000 square feet report their energy use to the city every year under Local Law 84. The ENERGY STAR score runs from 1 to 100 and compares a building with similar ones nationwide; 50 is the national median. The score is the one the city publishes, and this page never estimates a Local Law 97 emissions penalty. A lot that reported several properties in one year is not scored here.

When was the boiler at 40 East 169 Street, Bronx last inspected?

On August 25, 2025. DOB requires a boiler in a building with 6 or more apartments to be inspected once every calendar year, with the report filed within 14 days of the inspection. Low-pressure boilers in residential buildings with 5 or fewer apartments are exempt.

When did 40 East 169 Street, Bronx last file its bedbug report?

On May 6, 2026, 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 40 East 169 Street, Bronx covered by Local Law 97?

Yes. It is on DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list. Covered under Article 321, the path for certain affordable housing and houses of worship (DOB's list, March 1, 2026). Local Law 97 sets greenhouse gas limits for most New York City buildings over 25,000 square feet, and DOB's covered buildings list says which path each building is on. The list reflects DOB's records, which owners can ask DOB to correct. This page never estimates a penalty or says whether a building complies.

Is 40 East 169 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.

Does 40 East 169 Street, Bronx have a property tax exemption?

The building has a J-51 tax exemption on DOF's 2026/27 roll. DOF lists its start year as 2017. An exemption lowers a property's tax bill by reducing its assessed value.

When was 40 East 169 Street, Bronx built?

The city's record gives 1926 as the year 40 East 169 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 5 floors.

How many apartments does 40 East 169 Street, Bronx have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 40 residential units at 40 East 169 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, DOF's exemption rolls, DOB NOW work permits, Local Law 84 energy reports, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports, DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. 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, DOF's exemption rolls, DOB NOW work permits, Local Law 84 energy reports, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports, DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. 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, 40 East 169th St, Bronx: 40 units, 4 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/40-east-169-street-bronx

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