181 West 238th Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Sep 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~91% of buildings in this ZIP (115 open)
- 24 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (67 vs ~20)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1925) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 65 of 65 units
About this building
City records list 1925 as the year built — older than 85% of the 339 buildings we cover in ZIP 10463. The building’s floor space is 5 times the size of its lot: 59,057 sq ft of building on an 11,776 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 20, 2026.
181 West 238th Street
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- City records show 115 open HPD violations, 24 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 65 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: Properly repair or replace the broken or defective lower spring balance at the west wall….
- 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.
181 West 238th Street sits in Bronx, ZIP 10463. The closest subway is 238 St (1) (3-minute walk), served by the 1 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: November 2015 · Most recent: September 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.
- 2026-09-15
- 2026-09-15
- 2026-09-15
- 2026-09-15
- 2026-09-15
- 2025-07-20
- 2025-05-08
- 2024-01-02
- 2024-01-02
- 2022-02-27
- Class C · 24 open · penalty 360 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- Class B · 78 open · penalty 390 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 12 open · penalty 12 · (1/ea)
- 2026-07-17 · Apt 42W · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-07-17 · Apt 42W · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-05-27 · Apt 14E · NON EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2026-06-24
- 2025-07-18
- 2025-02-11
- 2024-12-01 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2021-12-01 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2021-09-29 "DUE TO FIRE"
1 open lead-paint hazard violation on record (most recent 2018). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
13 earlier hazards cited and remediated.
Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960 (this building: built 1925). The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
Also on record: 11 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2025) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 71
- HARRASSMENT 2: 59
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 40
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 36
- GRAND LARCENY: 26
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 323
- Illegal Parking: 282
- Noise - Residential: 135
- Blocked Driveway: 54
- PLUMBING: 51
- 3815 PUTNAM AVENUE WEST
- 135 WEST 238 STREET
- 3656 BAILEY AVENUE
- P.S. 095 Sheila Mencher
- Ampark Neighborhood
- Milton Fein School
- P.S. 095 Sheila Mencher
- Tech International Charter School
- JHS 143 John Peter Tetard
- Bronx Collaborative High School
- World View High School
- DeWitt Clinton High School
Levels add up to 12 because a school serving K-8 is listed under both Elementary and Middle. 11 distinct schools are within range.
- 238 St
- Van Cortlandt Park-242 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Bailey Playground
- South Bronx Classical Charter School V
- Fort Independence Playground
- Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building
- Van Cortlandt's Tail
- Park
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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