1238 Simpson Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~66% of buildings in this ZIP (36 open)
- 5 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (24 vs ~14)
- Built in 2003 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 67 units registered
About this building
City records list 2003 as the year built — newer than 83% of the 477 buildings we cover in ZIP 10459. The building’s floor space is 3.8 times the size of its lot: 67,986 sq ft of building on an 18,110 sq ft lot. 67 apartments — more than 91% of the 480 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10459 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 21, 2026.
1238 Simpson Street
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- City records show 36 open HPD violations, 5 immediately hazardous (Class C) at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2015 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 67 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment.
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
1238 Simpson Street sits in Bronx, ZIP 10459. The closest subway is Freeman St (2,5) (1-minute walk), served by the 2, 5, and 6 lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: November 2015 · Most recent: October 2026. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 2026-10-07
- 2026-10-07
- 2026-09-22
- 2026-09-22
- 2026-09-12
- 2026-09-08
- 2026-06-15
- 2026-06-15
- 2025-09-09
- 2025-09-09
- Class C · 5 open · penalty 75 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 21 open · penalty 105 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 10 open · penalty 10 · (1/ea)
- 2026-07-09 · Apt 2H · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-07-09 · Apt 2H · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-06-08 · Apt 5C · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2023-11-14
- 2024-12-01 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2022-02-22 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2022"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2003, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 154
- PETIT LARCENY: 85
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 80
- FELONY ASSAULT: 51
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 39
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 110
- Noise - Residential: 89
- Water System: 62
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 49
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 44
- 1289 LOUIS NINE BOULEVARD
- 1208 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD
- 1304 SOUTHERN BLVD
- P.S. 134 George F. Bristow
- P186X Walter J. Damrosch School
- P.S. 066 School of Higher Expectations
- P186X Walter J. Damrosch School
- I S 158 Theodore Gathings
- E.S.M.T- I.S. 190
- P186X Walter J. Damrosch School
- Metropolitan High School, The
- New Day Academy
- Freeman St
- Whitlock Av
- Simpson St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Old 41 Precinct Parking
- Bold Charter School Annex
- Cs 134 Community Improvement Garden
- Freeman Triangle
- Model T Senior Citizen's Garden
- Field Of Dreams Court
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Optimum Cable Fiber Up to 8,000 Mbps down · 8,000 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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