285 East 138th Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- Fewer open HPD violations than ~79% of buildings in this ZIP (2 open)
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (7 vs ~10)
- Built in 1965 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 145 units registered
About this building
City records list 1965 as the year built — newer than 82% of the 345 buildings we cover in ZIP 10454. 145 apartments — the most of any of the 10 buildings we cover on this block, and more than 94% of the 342 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10454 have fewer. The building’s floor space is 3 times the size of its lot: 134,300 sq ft of building on a 44,932 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 12, 2026.
285 East 138th Street
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- City records show 2 open HPD violations 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 2025 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 145 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: Repair the flushing apparatus and maintain same so as to flush effectively the water closet….
285 East 138th Street sits in Bronx, ZIP 10454. The closest subway is 3 Av-138 St (6) (1-minute walk), served by the 6 line.
Building Condition
On record since May 2025. 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.
- 2025-05-07
- 2025-05-07
- Class B · 2 open · penalty 10 · (5/ea)
- 2026-03-17 · Apt BLDG · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-02-03 · Apt 4Q · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-01-26 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2021-04-29 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- 2018-01-26 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
- 2018-01-26 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1965. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
- Noise - Residential: 84
- Illegal Parking: 36
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 32
- Blocked Driveway: 28
- Water System: 18
- 2592 3RD AVE
- 250 E 139TH ST
- 250 E 139TH ST
- P.S. 030 Hernandez/Hughes
- P.S. 138
- Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2
- P.S. 138
- Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2
- Kappa II
- P.S. 138
- Democracy Prep Charter School
- Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter
- 3 Av-138 St
- 138 St-Grand Concourse
- Brook Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Dream Charter High School
- P.s. 049 Willis Avenue
- 40 Precinct Personnel Parking
- The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy Of Letters
- Willis Playground
- Mott Haven 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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