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835 EAST 156 STREET

Bronx · ZIP 10455 · BIN 2005003 · Melrose · Last violation Apr 30, 2026 · Last complaint Jun 1, 2026

NeighborhoodMelrose
Above-average violations for the neighborhood
More violations than 77% of buildings and more complaints than 75% of buildings in Melrose. Size-normalized against residential buildings in the neighborhood for issues in the last 10 years.
ViolationsComplaints
Activity TrendsLast 5 years
Mostly historical, limited recent activity
Last 2 yrs: 2 violations · 1 complaint
'21'26ViolationsComplaints
▼ View all activity over time
Severityⓘopen violations
4 immediately hazardous (Class C) violations still open
Class C violations include lead paint, mold, pest infestations, heat/hot water failure, and structural hazards — the most serious category.
Class Cimmediately hazardous4Class Bhazardous9

What to watch forⓘ

  1. Hazardous violations are open, including mold and pests.
    Worth checking · AI-assistedⓘ
    Look along baseboards, in corners, and under the kitchen sink for droppings, dead insects, or live rodents.
    details ▸

    Deadlines vary by condition: immediate for heat and hot water, 14 days for self-closing doors, 21 days for lead paint, window guards, mold, and mice, cockroaches or rats, and 24 hours for everything else. They run from the date the owner is served, and mark when civil penalties can be sought in Housing Court. They are not a promise the condition is fixed by then. If the owner does not fix it, HPD can send its own contractor and bill them.

    • —Mold & pests — Rodent, cockroach, bedbug, or other pest infestation and extermination related issues.

    The violation list below shows which conditions are open and when each was cited. If one in your own apartment is still unaddressed, call 311.

    • NYC HPD, ABCs of Housing 2024 (Tenants' Guide) — violation classes
    • NYC HPD, Penalties and Fees
Housing Preservation & Development Violations
Total violations since 2009
68
4 per year avg.↓ Down 90% in the last 2 years (2 vs 20 prior 2 yrs)
Open violations
16
Class C (immed. haz.)ⓘ4
Class B (hazardous)ⓘ9
Rent-impairingⓘ0
Housing Preservation & Development Complaints
Total complaints since 2003
490
20 per year avg.↓ Down 95% in the last 2 years (1 vs 19 prior 2 yrs)
Complaint Resolution
No access11%Violation issued29%No violation27%Phone resolved33%Other0%(490)
Urgency breakdown
Last 12 mo.

Top violation categories

5 yrsAll time
Maintenanceⓘ8 violations
Extermination & Rodent Eradicationⓘ7 violations
Filing: Bedbugsⓘ5 violations
Egressⓘ1 violations
Carbon Monoxide Detecting Devicesⓘ1 violations
Water Supplyⓘ1 violations
Cleaningⓘ1 violations
Paintingⓘ1 violations
Top complaint groupsⓘ
5 yrsAll time
Mold & pestsⓘ10 complaints
Heat / hot waterⓘ6 complaints
Water & plumbingⓘ2 complaints
Electricalⓘ1 complaints
Safety & fireⓘ1 complaints
Bldg maintenanceⓘ1 complaints
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Violation log

12 violations · Class C

All classesClass AClass BClass CClass IAllOpenClosed
ClassStatusApt
See something wrong? File a complaint with 311
— correction deadlines
  • Heat or hot water problems reported in the last five years.
    Worth checking · AI-assistedⓘ
    Turn on hot water at the kitchen sink and bathroom sink and feel the water temperature after running for one minute.
    details ▸

    Heat is required October 1 through May 31: at least 68°F from 6am to 10pm when it is below 55°F outside, and 62°F overnight whatever the temperature outside. Hot water must be at least 120°F, 24 hours a day, all year.

    If your apartment is colder than that, file a complaint with 311 and keep the service request number so you can track it. Never use a gas oven or range for heat, which can produce dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.

    • NYC HPD, ABCs of Housing 2024 (Tenants' Guide)
  • Detector violations on record.
    Worth checking · AI-assistedⓘ
    Locate smoke detectors on the ceiling near bedrooms and in hallways, and ask the broker whether carbon monoxide detectors are present in the unit.
    details ▸

    Responsibility is split: the owner provides, installs, and replaces the detectors, while the tenant tests them monthly and replaces the batteries. An open violation means the owner has not yet certified to HPD that the condition was fixed, so a device may still be missing or dead at move-in. A tenant reimburses the owner for a newly installed device, $25 for a smoke or carbon monoxide detector and $50 for a combined unit, and is responsible for replacing one that goes missing or is damaged during the tenancy.

    On a viewing, look for a smoke alarm within fifteen feet of the door of each room used for sleeping, on the ceiling or just below it on the wall, and a carbon monoxide alarm at any height, including one plugged into a hallway outlet. Press the test button, and check that none have been painted over. A chirping alarm usually means a low battery, which is the tenant's to replace, but detectors also sound a separate end-of-life alarm when the device itself has to be replaced by the owner.

    • NYC HPD, ABCs of Housing 2024 (Tenants' Guide) — the requirement
    • NYC HPD, Smoke, Carbon Monoxide, and Natural Gas Detectors — responsibilities, placement, and reimbursement
    • Open violation ages
    ▪ 1–3 years38% (6)
    ▪ 3+ years63% (10)
    Prior 4 yr.
    Immed. Emergency0%4%
    Emergency100%33%
    Non-Emergency0%63%
    (1)
    (24)
    Issued
    Description
    Class CClosed8Apr 16, 2024ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATIONHMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 8, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class CClosed8Apr 16, 2024ABATE THE NUISANCE OF MICE · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATIONHMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 8, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class COpen8Apr 16, 2024TRACE & REPAIR THE SOURCE & ABATE THE…MOLD · CLEANING§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 12 SQ FT AT CEILING APPROX 10 SQ FT AT NORTH WALL APRROX 12 SQ FT AT SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 8, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class CClosed8Sep 20, 2023ABATE THE NUISANCE OF MICE · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATIONHMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 8, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class COpen7Sep 11, 2023ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATIONHMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 7, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class COpen7Sep 1, 2023ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATIONHMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 7, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class COpen8Aug 3, 2023ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATIONHMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 8, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class CClosed—Dec 7, 2018ILLEGAL DEVICE · HEAT AND HOT WATER§ 27-2029 ADM CODE DEVICE PRESENT ON CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CAUSING AN OTHERWISE OPERABLE SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE CONSISTING OF ILLEGAL SETTINGS OF LUGS ON PROGRAM CLOCK AT HEAT TIMER AT BASEMENT AT BOILER ROOM
    Class CClosedRENT IMPAIRING—Dec 7, 2018INADEQUATE HOT WATER · HEAT AND HOT WATER§ 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES AT 1st COMMUNITY KITCHEN FROM EAST, 1st STORY
    Class CClosed—Dec 7, 2018ILLEGAL DEVICE · HEAT AND HOT WATER§ 27-2029 ADM CODE DEVICE PRESENT ON CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CAUSING AN OTHERWISE OPERABLE SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE DAY TIME THERMOSTAT DIAL SET AT 64 DEGRESS AT BOILER ROOM
    Class CClosed8Aug 21, 2018REPAIR PLASTER · MAINTENANCE§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEIILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 8, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class CClosed—Oct 11, 2016REPAIR · MAINTENANCESECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ENTRANCE DOOR LOCK TO BUILDING
    Class CClosed
    Apr 16, 2024Apt 8
    ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATION
    HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 8, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class CClosed
    Apr 16, 2024Apt 8
    ABATE THE NUISANCE OF MICE · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATION
    HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 8, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class COpen
    Apr 16, 2024Apt 8
    TRACE & REPAIR THE SOURCE & ABATE THE…MOLD · CLEANING
    § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 12 SQ FT AT CEILING APPROX 10 SQ FT AT NORTH WALL APRROX 12 SQ FT AT SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 8, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class CClosed
    Sep 20, 2023Apt 8
    ABATE THE NUISANCE OF MICE · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATION
    HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 8, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class COpen
    Sep 11, 2023Apt 7
    ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATION
    HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 7, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class COpen
    Sep 1, 2023Apt 7
    ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATION
    HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 7, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
    Class COpen
    Aug 3, 2023Apt 8
    ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATION
    HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 8, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class CClosed
    Dec 7, 2018
    ILLEGAL DEVICE · HEAT AND HOT WATER
    § 27-2029 ADM CODE DEVICE PRESENT ON CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CAUSING AN OTHERWISE OPERABLE SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE CONSISTING OF ILLEGAL SETTINGS OF LUGS ON PROGRAM CLOCK AT HEAT TIMER AT BASEMENT AT BOILER ROOM
    Class CClosedRENT IMPAIRING
    Dec 7, 2018
    INADEQUATE HOT WATER · HEAT AND HOT WATER
    § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES AT 1st COMMUNITY KITCHEN FROM EAST, 1st STORY
    Class CClosed
    Dec 7, 2018
    ILLEGAL DEVICE · HEAT AND HOT WATER
    § 27-2029 ADM CODE DEVICE PRESENT ON CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CAUSING AN OTHERWISE OPERABLE SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE DAY TIME THERMOSTAT DIAL SET AT 64 DEGRESS AT BOILER ROOM
    Class CClosed
    Aug 21, 2018Apt 8
    REPAIR PLASTER · MAINTENANCE
    § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEIILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 8, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class CClosed
    Oct 11, 2016
    REPAIR · MAINTENANCE
    SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ENTRANCE DOOR LOCK TO BUILDING