255 East 138th Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Nov 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
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 90% of buildings in this ZIP
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (2 vs ~27)
- Built in 2017 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 96 of 96 units
255 East 138th Street
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- City records show no open HPD violations here — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 96 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.
255 East 138th Street sits in Bronx, ZIP 10451. The closest subway is 3 Av-138 St (6) (2-minute walk), served by the 6 line.
Building Condition
- 2026-02-02 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-01-31 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-08-05
- 2026-08-05
- 2026-07-20
- 2026-07-20
- 2026-04-27
- 2024-02-22 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9C TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2024"
- 2019-07-18
- 2019-05-20 "FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2017, 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
- SEX CRIMES: 199
- PETIT LARCENY: 92
- HARRASSMENT 2: 82
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 75
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 74
- Blocked Driveway: 64
- Noise - Residential: 60
- Water System: 31
- Noise - Commercial: 20
- Illegal Parking: 19
- 256 E 138TH ST
- 236 E 138TH ST
- 250 E 139TH ST
- Family Life Academy Charter School II
- P.S. 154 Jonathan D. Hyatt
- P.S. 049 Willis Avenue
- Family Life Academy Charter School II
- M.S. 203
- South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School
- South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School
- The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X
- JHS 149 Elijah Clark
- 3 Av-138 St
- 138 St-Grand Concourse
- 149 St-Hostos
- Ryan Triangle
- P.s. 049 Willis Avenue
- 40 Precinct Personnel Parking
- The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy Of Letters
- Mott Haven Library
- Brilla College Preparatory Charter Middle School
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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