280 East 161st 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
- The most open HPD violations of any building in this ZIP (365 open)
- 112 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (97 vs ~27)
- Built in 1980 (city records)
About this building
City records list 1980 as the year built — newer than 79% of the 249 buildings we cover in ZIP 10451. The building’s floor space is 4.2 times the size of its lot: 239,712 sq ft of building on a 57,200 sq ft lot. 204 apartments — more than 92% of the 244 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10451 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 25, 2026.
280 East 161st Street
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- City records show 365 open HPD violations, 112 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 1998 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures 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.
280 East 161 Street sits in Bronx, ZIP 10451. The closest subway is 161 St-Yankee Stadium (4,B,D) (9-minute walk), served by the 4, B, and D lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: November 1998 · 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.
- 2026-10-08
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- Class C · 112 open · penalty 1680 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 197 open · penalty 985 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 56 open · penalty 56 · (1/ea)
- 2026-06-06 · Apt 5N · NON EMERGENCY · APPLIANCE
- 2026-05-29 · Apt 6U · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-05-29 · Apt 6U · NON EMERGENCY · APPLIANCE
- 2026-04-02
- 2026-03-24
- 2025-03-06
- 2024-09-23 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2024-09-23 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2024-01-10 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
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.
1 earlier hazard cited and remediated.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2017) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 227
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 161
- FELONY ASSAULT: 85
- PETIT LARCENY: 84
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 69
- Illegal Parking: 225
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 212
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 78
- Noise - Residential: 68
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 64
- 279 E 161ST ST
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- 904 MORRIS AVENUE
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- J.H.S. 166 Roberto Clemente
- P.S. 156 Benjamin Banneker
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- Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learnin
- P.S. 156 Benjamin Banneker
- Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learnin
- 161 St-Yankee Stadium
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- South Bronx Literacy Academy
- Edith Garden
- Ems Station 55 Parking
- 811 Family And Friends Garden
- Kipp Academy Charter School
- Melrose Library
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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