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50 EAST 191 STREET

Bronx · ZIP 10468 · BIN 2013932 · University Heights (North)-Fordham · Last violation Sep 9, 2026 · Last complaint Jul 14, 2026

NeighborhoodUniversity Heights (North)-Fordham
Around average violations for the neighborhood
More violations than 53% of buildings and more complaints than 84% of buildings in University Heights (North)-Fordham. Size-normalized against residential buildings in the neighborhood for issues in the last 10 years.
ViolationsComplaints
Activity TrendsLast 5 years
A steady level of activity over time
Last 2 yrs: 123 violations · 49 complaints
'21'26ViolationsComplaints
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Severityⓘopen violations
6 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 hazardous6Class Bhazardous6

What to watch forⓘ

  1. Hazardous violations are open, including mold and pests, and building maintenance.
    Worth checking · AI-assistedⓘ
    Look for droppings, live insects, or signs of gnawing in kitchen cabinets, under the sink, and along walls. Check walls and ceilings for water stains, soft spots, or peeling paint that suggest past or current moisture.
    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.
    • —Bldg maintenance — General building repair, upkeep, and maintenance related housing code violations.

    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.

Housing Preservation & Development Violations
Total violations since 1995
979
31 per year avg.↑ Up 54% in the last 2 years (123 vs 80 prior 2 yrs)
Open violations
12
Class C (immed. haz.)ⓘ6
Class B (hazardous)ⓘ6
Rent-impairingⓘ1
Housing Preservation & Development Complaints
Total complaints since 2003
1,706
71 per year avg.↓ Down 94% in the last 2 years (49 vs 786 prior 2 yrs)
Complaint Resolution
No access11%Violation issued12%No violation16%Phone resolved60%Other0%(1,706)
Urgency breakdown
Last 12 mo.

Top violation categories

5 yrsAll time
Maintenanceⓘ65 violations
Egressⓘ39 violations
Extermination & Rodent Eradicationⓘ21 violations
Heat And Hot Waterⓘ20 violations
Carbon Monoxide Detecting Devicesⓘ14 violations
Heat Sensor Programⓘ14 violations
Smoke Detecting Devicesⓘ13 violations
Paintingⓘ7 violations
Top complaint groupsⓘ
5 yrsAll time
Heat / hot waterⓘ886 complaints
Water & plumbingⓘ10 complaints
Bldg maintenanceⓘ6 complaints
Mold & pestsⓘ3 complaints
Appliancesⓘ3 complaints
Safety & fireⓘ1 complaints
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Violation log

211 violations · Class A

All classesClass AClass BClass CClass IAllOpenClosed
ClassStatusApt
See something wrong? File a complaint with 311
  • ABCs of Housing
  • NYC HPD, Penalties and Fees
  • Heat or hot water problems reported in the last five years.
    Worth checking · AI-assistedⓘ
    Turn on a faucet in the kitchen and bathroom and feel whether hot water arrives, and check radiators or baseboards for warmth when the heat is on.
    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.

    • ABCs of Housing
  • Detector violations on record.
    Worth checking · AI-assistedⓘ
    Look at the walls near the smoke detector and ask the person showing the apartment: "When was this detector last tested?"
    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.

    • ABCs of Housing
    • NYC HPD, Smoke, Carbon Monoxide, and Natural Gas Detectors
    • Open violation ages
    ▪ < 30 days17% (2)
    ▪ 3–12 months17% (2)
    ▪ 1–3 years58% (7)
    ▪ 3+ years8% (1)
    Prior 4 yr.
    Immed. Emergency0%0%
    Emergency89%99%
    Non-Emergency11%1%
    (18)
    (893)
    Issued
    Description
    Class AClosed6MJun 22, 2012PAINT · PAINTINGSECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6M, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''WEST''
    Class AClosed—Jun 22, 2012PAINT · PAINTINGSECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS AND CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY, SECTION ''WEST ''
    Class AClosed1LJun 22, 2012REPAIR PLASTER · MAINTENANCESECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''WEST''
    Class AClosed3BJun 20, 2012REPAIR PLASTER · MAINTENANCESECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALLS IN THE 5th ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
    Class AClosed3BJun 20, 2012REPAIR PLASTER · MAINTENANCESECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
    Class AClosed2KJul 22, 2011PAINT · PAINTINGSECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH, THE 3rd BATHROOM FROM EAST AT CENTER, THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH, THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 2K, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class AClosed2KMay 19, 2011REPAIR RAIN LEADER · SEWERS AND DRAINAGESECTION 27-2027 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RAIN LEADER RAIN LEADER IN THE TERRACE LOCATED AT APT 2K, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST
    Class AClosed4SSep 27, 2010FILE PLANS OR RESTORE · ALTERATIONSSECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION ERECTED PARTITION WALL, CREATING AN ILLEGAL ROOM. IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4S, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
    Class AClosed2HJan 24, 2000PAINT · PAINTINGSECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT Ceilings and walls throughout. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 2H, 2nd STORY
    Class AClosed5BSep 30, 1997REFIT DOORS ETC. · EGRESSSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT WEST ROOM EAST ROOM 5TH STY SOUTHWEST APT 5B SOUTH SECTION. LOCATED AT APT 5B
    Class AClosed3AAug 22, 1995PAINT · PAINTINGSECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CLGS WALLS & TRIM THRU OUT 3RD STY 2ND FROM SOUTH AT EAST APT 3A WEST SECTION. LOCATED AT APT 3A
    Class AClosed
    Jun 22, 2012Apt 6M
    PAINT · PAINTING
    SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6M, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''WEST''
    Class AClosed
    Jun 22, 2012
    PAINT · PAINTING
    SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS AND CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY, SECTION ''WEST ''
    Class AClosed
    Jun 22, 2012Apt 1L
    REPAIR PLASTER · MAINTENANCE
    SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''WEST''
    Class AClosed
    Jun 20, 2012Apt 3B
    REPAIR PLASTER · MAINTENANCE
    SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALLS IN THE 5th ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
    Class AClosed
    Jun 20, 2012Apt 3B
    REPAIR PLASTER · MAINTENANCE
    SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
    Class AClosed
    Jul 22, 2011Apt 2K
    PAINT · PAINTING
    SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH, THE 3rd BATHROOM FROM EAST AT CENTER, THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH, THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 2K, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
    Class AClosed
    May 19, 2011Apt 2K
    REPAIR RAIN LEADER · SEWERS AND DRAINAGE
    SECTION 27-2027 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RAIN LEADER RAIN LEADER IN THE TERRACE LOCATED AT APT 2K, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST
    Class AClosed
    Sep 27, 2010Apt 4S
    FILE PLANS OR RESTORE · ALTERATIONS
    SECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION ERECTED PARTITION WALL, CREATING AN ILLEGAL ROOM. IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4S, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
    Class AClosed
    Jan 24, 2000Apt 2H
    PAINT · PAINTING
    SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT Ceilings and walls throughout. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 2H, 2nd STORY
    Class AClosed
    Sep 30, 1997Apt 5B
    REFIT DOORS ETC. · EGRESS
    SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT WEST ROOM EAST ROOM 5TH STY SOUTHWEST APT 5B SOUTH SECTION. LOCATED AT APT 5B
    Class AClosed
    Aug 22, 1995Apt 3A
    PAINT · PAINTING
    SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CLGS WALLS & TRIM THRU OUT 3RD STY 2ND FROM SOUTH AT EAST APT 3A WEST SECTION. LOCATED AT APT 3A
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