596 East 170th 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
- Fewer open HPD violations than ~82% of buildings in this ZIP (1 open)
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (6 vs ~15)
- Built in 2014 (city records)
About this building
City records list 2014 as the year built — newer than 93% of the 754 buildings we cover in ZIP 10456, and the newest of the 12 buildings we cover on this block.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 21, 2026.
596 East 170th Street
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- City records show 1 open HPD violation 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 2022 — 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: Replace with new the missing lids at garage containers at compactor closet.
596 East 170 Street sits in Bronx, ZIP 10456. No subway stations are within an 800-meter walk — expect to rely on buses or rideshare.
Building Condition
Issued March 2022. 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.
- 2022-03-20 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING LIDS AT GARAGE CONTAINERS AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 4th STORY"
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2026-07-04 · Apt 4B · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-07-04 · Apt 4B · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-05-01 · Apt 3F · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2015-03-11 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2015-03-11 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2014, 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
- HARRASSMENT 2: 128
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 84
- PETIT LARCENY: 61
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 58
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 43
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 248
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 57
- PLUMBING: 55
- Water System: 52
- Noise - Residential: 47
- 1397 FRANKLIN AVENUE
- 3673 3RD AVE
- 3706 3 AVENUE
- P.S. 110 Theodore Schoenfeld
- Kappa
- P.S. 002 Morrisania
- Mott Hall III
- Kappa
- I.S. 219 New Venture School
- Eximius College Preparatory Academy: A College Boa
- P186X Walter J. Damrosch School
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Morrisania Library
- Mott Hall Iii
- Aim High - S Bronx Headstart Site 3
- Beatty Plaza
- Harriet Tubman Charter School
- Wildflower New York Charter 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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