850 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
- Fewer open HPD violations than ~85% of buildings in this ZIP (1 open)
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (6 vs ~14)
- Built in 2009 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 25 units registered
About this building
City records list 2009 as the year built — newer than 88% of the 477 buildings we cover in ZIP 10459. The building’s floor space is 3.9 times the size of its lot: 33,783 sq ft of building on an 8,600 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 21, 2026.
850 East 161st Street
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- City records show 1 open HPD violation under 860 East 161 Street — 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 2025 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 25 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: Properly repair or replace the broken or defective sink base cabinet in the kitchen.
850 East 161 Street sits in Bronx, ZIP 10459. The closest subway is Prospect Av (2,5) (1-minute walk), served by the 2, 5, and 6 lines.
Building Condition
Issued October 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.
- 2025-10-08
- Class B · 1 open · penalty 5 · (5/ea)
- 2026-06-02 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-02-12 · Apt 3E · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-12-22 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2019-09-19 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2014-05-15 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2014-05-15 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2009, 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: 127
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 110
- PETIT LARCENY: 109
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 71
- ROBBERY: 43
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 87
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 58
- Noise - Residential: 46
- Illegal Parking: 27
- DOOR/WINDOW: 26
- 840 WESTCHESTER AVENUE
- 850 LONGWOOD AVENUE
- 847 PROSPECT AVENUE
- P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt
- PS 39
- P.S. X017
- P.S. X017
- South Bronx Academy for Applied Media
- Academy of Public Relations
- New Visions Charter High School for Advanced Math
- P.S. X017
- New Visions A.I.M. Charter High School II
- Prospect Av
- Intervale Av
- Longwood Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- St Anselm School
- Bill Rainey Park
- Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
- Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3
- Pharos Academy Charter School
- P.s. X017
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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