Active operations in a large subsidized complex, but immediate-tier code violations for security doors, heating access, and indoor air signals require close scrutiny.
This 297-unit subsidized property operates under Phipps Houses management. While day-to-day oversight covers a massive building, the active record shows 30 open housing code violations, including 16 immediate hazards touching common locks, heat access, and indoor air quality. Three things to know:
Ground-floor vestibule doors have suffered from missing latches and propped-open entryways. Inspectors issued multiple immediate-hazard violations in late 2024 for defective locks, missing latches, and vestibule doors wedged open with wood or rocks. Unsecured perimeter doors in a building of this scale allow non-residents free access to public halls.
Indoor air quality and waste vapor complaints signal potential ventilation or riser bleed issues. Within three blocks, city systems logged 3 indoor air quality calls and 1 industrial waste call over the past year. Venting, chemical vapors, and riser bleed are impossible to detect during a quick walkthrough, making line-specific ventilation a key check.
Locked boiler rooms and hot water disruptions have triggered high-severity enforcement write-ups. Inspectors cited the property in spring 2025 for locked boiler room doors that blocked emergency access to the heating plant, alongside hot water outages in individual lines. That aligns with 9 winter heating and hot water complaints logged by residents over the past year.
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989 East 179th Street is a 297-unit building in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2031320001). This building is associated with Boston Tremont Housing Development. Brix tracks 30 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1974, this elevator apartment building sits in Bronx and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 247 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed December 5, 2025.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on July 1, 2016, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 59/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 5B at 989 East 179th Street has 5 open violations.
Unit 4I at 989 East 179th Street has 4 open violations.
Unit 3E at 989 East 179th Street has 4 open violations.
Unit 1A at 989 East 179th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 1L at 989 East 179th Street has 1 open violation.
Unit 19 at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 6B at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (6 past violations).
Unit 6D at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (14 past violations).
Unit 6E at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (8 past violations).
Unit 6I at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 6O at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 5A at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 5C at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (12 past violations).
Unit 5E at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (7 past violations).
Unit 5K at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (20 past violations).
Unit 5S at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 5T at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 5XX at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 4A at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 4C at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (17 past violations).
Unit 4E at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (6 past violations).
Unit 4G at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 4H at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (8 past violations).
Unit 4L at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (6 past violations).
Unit 4M at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (6 past violations).
Unit 4O at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 4W at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 3A at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 3B at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (20 past violations).
Unit 3D at 989 East 179th Street has no open violations (2 past violations).
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