432 East 156th Street, Bronx, NY 10455

432 East 156th Street is a 26-unit, 5-story New Law Tenement building located in the Melrose neighborhood, constructed in 1916 and currently owned by Mark Engel. The building has experienced several notable maintenance issues in recent years, most significantly with an urgent pattern of heat and hot water problems in June 2025, where multiple emergency complaints were filed and subsequently closed.

In April 2025, there were several non-emergency complaints regarding various maintenance issues including walls, windows, floors, doors, electrical outlets, and mold, though most of these inspections either resulted in no violations or were unable to be completed by HPD. The building's maintenance history reveals recurring pest control challenges, with significant violations recorded in 2024 in Apartment 3A including roach and mouse infestations, though these were certified as corrected by September 2024. Apartment 5C also had multiple violations related to safety systems, including missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, though most housing maintenance code violations have been closed.

The building has demonstrated occasional issues with its intercom system, as evidenced by both complaints and violations in 2024 and 2025, and problems with various infrastructure components like flooring and lighting have been documented. While there were some instances of bedbug infestations recorded in previous years (notably in 2022 and 2023), the most recent reports from 2023-2024 show no infested units. The property has passed recent rodent inspections conducted in October 2024 and May 2023, though there were previous rat activity concerns noted in 2021.