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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

12 violations · Open

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 BOpen6KSep 9, 2026REPAIR OR REPLACE SMOKE DETECTOR · SMOKE DETECTING DEVICES§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS RULES AND REGULATIONS DEFECTIVE (NOT 6 INCHES FROM CEILING) LOCATED AT APT 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''NORTH''
    Class BOpen6KSep 9, 2026REPAIR OR REPLACE CO DETECTOR · CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICES§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES DEFECTIVE (NOT 6 INCHES FROM CEILING) LOCATED AT APT 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''NORTH''
    Class BOpen—Feb 26, 2026REPAIR · MAINTENANCE§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH AND ASSEMBLYS AT DOOR AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 2nd STORY, SECTION ''NORTH''
    Class COpen—Feb 26, 2026ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATIONHMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 2nd STORY, SECTION ''NORTH''
    Class BOpen—Aug 11, 2025REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL · MAINTENANCE§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICK AND MORTAR AT NORTH EXTERIOR WALL (BUILDING FACADE) AT ALL STORIES
    Class COpenRENT IMPAIRING—Jun 12, 2025STRUCTURAL DEFECT · MAINTENANCE§ 27-2005 ADM CODE MAKE SAFE BY PROPERLY REPAIRING THE STRUCTURAL DEFECT CRACKED BRICK AND MORTAR JOINTS AT NORTH EXTERIOR WALL, 6TH STORY,(NORTH WEST CORNER)
    Class COpen6KJun 2, 2025ABATE 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 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT NORTH
    Class COpen6KJun 2, 2025ABATE 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 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT NORTH
    Class BOpen—Mar 31, 2025REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL · MAINTENANCE§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICK AND MORTAR AT NORTH EXTERIOR WALL (FRONT FACADE)
    Class COpen6KOct 23, 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 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT NORTH
    Class COpen6KOct 23, 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 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT NORTH
    Class BOpen1PFeb 21, 2023TRACE & REPAIR THE SOURCE & ABATE THE…MOLD · CLEANING§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 20 SQ FEET AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1P, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
    Class BOpen
    Sep 9, 2026Apt 6K
    REPAIR OR REPLACE SMOKE DETECTOR · SMOKE DETECTING DEVICES
    § 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS RULES AND REGULATIONS DEFECTIVE (NOT 6 INCHES FROM CEILING) LOCATED AT APT 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''NORTH''
    Class BOpen
    Sep 9, 2026Apt 6K
    REPAIR OR REPLACE CO DETECTOR · CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICES
    § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES DEFECTIVE (NOT 6 INCHES FROM CEILING) LOCATED AT APT 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''NORTH''
    Class BOpen
    Feb 26, 2026
    REPAIR · MAINTENANCE
    § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH AND ASSEMBLYS AT DOOR AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 2nd STORY, SECTION ''NORTH''
    Class COpen
    Feb 26, 2026
    ABATE THE NUISANCE OF ROACHES · EXTERMINATION & RODENT ERADICATION
    HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 2nd STORY, SECTION ''NORTH''
    Class BOpen
    Aug 11, 2025
    REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL · MAINTENANCE
    § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICK AND MORTAR AT NORTH EXTERIOR WALL (BUILDING FACADE) AT ALL STORIES
    Class COpenRENT IMPAIRING
    Jun 12, 2025
    STRUCTURAL DEFECT · MAINTENANCE
    § 27-2005 ADM CODE MAKE SAFE BY PROPERLY REPAIRING THE STRUCTURAL DEFECT CRACKED BRICK AND MORTAR JOINTS AT NORTH EXTERIOR WALL, 6TH STORY,(NORTH WEST CORNER)
    Class COpen
    Jun 2, 2025Apt 6K
    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 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT NORTH
    Class COpen
    Jun 2, 2025Apt 6K
    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 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT NORTH
    Class BOpen
    Mar 31, 2025
    REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL · MAINTENANCE
    § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICK AND MORTAR AT NORTH EXTERIOR WALL (FRONT FACADE)
    Class COpen
    Oct 23, 2023Apt 6K
    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 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT NORTH
    Class COpen
    Oct 23, 2023Apt 6K
    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 6K, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT NORTH
    Class BOpen
    Feb 21, 2023Apt 1P
    TRACE & REPAIR THE SOURCE & ABATE THE…MOLD · CLEANING
    § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 20 SQ FEET AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1P, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST