2040 1st Avenue

2040 1st Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan, has 4 open HPD violations, and its rent-stabilization status could not be verified, as of Oct 25, 2026.

Public housing (NYCHA) · Multi-family elevator · 398 units · Built 1960

Owned by the New York City Housing Authority. Rent is set by household income, and HPD does not enforce the housing code here; conditions are handled through NYCHA and its federal monitor.

StreetSpy grade: Not graded (Not graded)

• Public housing (NYCHA): rent is set by household income, and HPD does not inspect these buildings, so there is no violation record to grade.
• Conditions, repairs and transfers go through NYCHA's Customer Contact Center (718-707-7771) and the federal monitor's reports.

• Repairs: 4 open, records as of Oct 25, 2026
• Heat and hot water: No complaints, 12 mo, records as of Oct 25, 2026
• Pests: No bedbug filing, 3 yr, records as of Oct 27, 2026
• Safety: No open DOB violations, records as of Oct 23, 2026
• Registration: Not on file, records as of Oct 28, 2026

How the grade works

Housing code violations (HPD)

4 open violations: 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 0 class A. 0 issued in the last 12 months. 4 on record. Oldest open violation issued 2025-09-26. Newest violation issued 2025-09-26.

HPD recorded no violation closed here in the last 12 months.

• Class B: Leak or water damage, north wall, bathroom, 15th floor. , 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT NORTH WALL AND CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 15D, 15th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH (apt 15D), issued 2025-09-26. HPD violation 18254774
• Class B: Damaged plaster or paint, north wall, bathroom, 15th floor. REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT NORTH WALL AND CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 15D, 15th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH (apt 15D), issued 2025-09-26. HPD violation 18254775
• Class B: Leak or water damage, east wall, kitchen, 15th floor. , 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT EAST WALL AND CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 15D, 15th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH (apt 15D), issued 2025-09-26. HPD violation 18254776
• Class B: Damaged plaster or paint, east wall, kitchen, 15th floor. REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL AND CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 15D, 15th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH (apt 15D), issued 2025-09-26. HPD violation 18254777

311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months, 2 in 5 years.

Bedbugs

No bedbug filing on record for the last 3 years. HPD's bedbug filings are self-reported by the owner once a year; HPD does not inspect to confirm them.

• 2026: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2025: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2024: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2023: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2022: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2021: No bedbug filing on record for this year

Buildings department (DOB)

No open DOB violations. 5 DOB violations on record. Check on DOB BIS.

Evictions and housing court

0 executed evictions in the last 3 years (1 on record). 0 open HPD cases; 0 harassment findings.

Rent stabilization

Stabilization status could not be verified.

Owner and management

Owner: NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY. This owner has 12 buildings on record, 0 graded D or F. See the full portfolio.

Tax lot and city IDs

BBL 1016990001, HPD building ID 955086. HPD Online, ACRIS, DOB BIS.

Nearest subway

• 103 St (6), 9 min walk
• 110 St (6), 10 min walk
• 96 St (Q), 10 min walk

How the grade is calculated

Sources: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations, NYC 311 Service Requests, NYC HPD Bedbug Reporting, NYC Marshal Evictions (DOI), NYC HPD Housing Litigations, NYC DOB Violations, NYC DOF tax bills (via JustFix Who Owns What portfolio API, v2), NYC Dept. of City Planning PLUTO (tax-roll owner). Methodology. Report generated 2026-10-28.