Bronx landlord East 168th Realty racks up 20 hazard violations
City records tie the building to East 168th Realty LLC, which signed a rooftop wireless lease in 2025.
A rental building at 101 East 168th Street in the Bronx has 20 open violations the city rates as immediately hazardous, city housing records show, with infestations, lead paint hazards and structural defects spread across at least six apartments.
The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development issued the violations between October 6 and October 29, 2026, all still open. They hit apartments 3C, 4C, 4G, 4H, 5G and 5H. The pattern repeats unit to unit: HPD cited roach infestations in apartments 5H, 4H, 5G and 4G, and mice in apartments 4H, 5G and 4G. Apartment 4C has an open lead-based paint hazard and a missing or defective window guard. Apartment 5G has two separate lead paint citations and a broken plastered ceiling. Apartment 3C has a defective lock on a fire escape window and broken floor tiles that HPD flagged as a trip hazard.
ACRIS filings show the building is owned by East 168th Realty LLC. The most recent recorded documents, filed in July 2025, are a rooftop wireless easement and two related agreements between East 168th Realty LLC and Wireless PropCo, LLC, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. also named on one filing. No deed transfer has been recorded for the property since 2002, when it moved between entities tied to Ziv-Sharon LLC and East 168 LLC.
Why it matters
Class C violations are HPD’s top severity tier, reserved for conditions the agency considers an immediate danger to tenants. Twenty open at once, concentrated in six units, means roughly a sixth of a typical six-story walkup’s apartments have an unresolved hazard on file at the same time, with lead paint and pest infestations carrying the clearest health exposure for tenants, especially children.
The numbers
- 20 open class C violations, issued October 6 to October 29, 2026
- 6 apartments cited: 3C, 4C, 4G, 4H, 5G, 5H
- 2 separate lead-based paint hazard citations, both in apartment 5G plus one in 4C
What’s next
The violations remain open as of this report, with HPD-set correction deadlines tied to each notice of violation. None has been closed in the department’s system. Property records show no sale or refinancing filed since the 2025 wireless lease, so responsibility for clearing the violations sits with East 168th Realty LLC absent a new ownership filing.
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Quick answers
- What is the latest on 101 East 168th Street?
- HPD lists 20 open immediately-hazardous violations across six apartments at a Bronx rental, including mice, roaches and lead paint.
- What are the key numbers for 101 East 168th Street?
- OPEN C VIOLS: 20; UNITS CITED: 6; DAY SPAN: 23.
- Where does the information on 101 East 168th Street come from?
- The story cites NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development and NYC ACRIS (City Register).
On the record
The 20 open class C violations span six apartments (3C, 4C, 4G, 4H, 5G, 5H) and cover mice and roach infestations, two lead paint hazards, a missing window guard, a blocked fire escape window lock and broken plastered ceilings.
Public record · data.cityofnewyork.us
Primary record
- Public recordACRIS filings identify the building owner as East 168th Realty LLC, which recorded a rooftop wireless easement and related agreements with Wireless PropCo, LLC in July 2025.View the record on a836-acris.nyc.gov
Also reported by
- NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Developmentdata.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/Housing-Maintenance-Code-Violations/wvxf-dwi5