361 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
- More open HPD violations than ~74% of buildings in this ZIP (70 open)
- 17 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built in 2009 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 252 of 255 units
About this building
City records list 2009 as the year built — newer than 87% of the 249 buildings we cover in ZIP 10451. 255 apartments — the most of any of the 4 buildings we cover on this block, and more than 94% of the 244 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10451 have fewer. The building’s floor space is 6.1 times the size of its lot: 343,676 sq ft of building on a 56,056 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 21, 2026.
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
361 East 161st Street
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- City records show 70 open HPD violations, 17 immediately hazardous (Class C) under 875 Melrose Avenue — the address HPD files this building’s records under, not the address on this page. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2020 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 252 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.
361 East 161 Street sits in Bronx, ZIP 10451. No subway stations are within an 800-meter walk — expect to rely on buses or rideshare.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: January 2020 · Most recent: August 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.
- 2026-08-20
- 2026-08-20
- 2026-08-20
- 2026-08-11
- 2026-08-11
- 2026-08-20
- 2026-08-03
- 2026-06-19
- 2026-03-11
- 2024-12-03
- Class C · 17 open · penalty 255 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 44 open · penalty 220 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 9 open · penalty 9 · (1/ea)
- 2026-07-07 · Apt 8A · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-07-07 · Apt 9H · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2026-07-07 · Apt 9H · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2025-07-22
- 2025-07-22
- 2025-02-28
- 2025-02-28
- 2024-07-16
- 2023-10-04 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2023-10-04 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2023-10-04 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
1 lead-paint hazard cited and later remediated (most recent 2020); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 200
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 142
- FELONY ASSAULT: 93
- PETIT LARCENY: 77
- GRAND LARCENY: 62
- Noise - Residential: 1,746
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 414
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 238
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 150
- PLUMBING: 133
- 361 E 161ST ST
- 802 MELROSE AVENUE
- 481 E 163RD ST
- J.H.S. 145 Arturo Toscanini
- Urban Science Academy
- P.S./M.S. 029 Melrose School
- J.H.S. 145 Arturo Toscanini
- Urban Science Academy
- New Millennium Bronx Academy of the Arts
- Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learnin
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Arcilla Playground
- Bronx Hall Of Justice
- Railroad Park
- Courtlandt Avenue Association Garden
- Triangle
- Yolanda García Park
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 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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