Lead paint violations at 645 East 231st Street, Bronx
HPD lists 51 open lead paint violations at this Wakefield-Woodlawn building in the Bronx, under Local Law 1. Each order is set out in plain English, newest first.
- open lead paint violations
- 51
- of them class C, immediately hazardous
- 47
- apartments named in open orders, plus 2 building-wide
- 14
- newest lead order issued
- Sep 19, 2025
- lead orders on record since 2006
- 55
An order is open while HPD still hasn't accepted a repair, or proof from the owner, for it. Once HPD accepts it, the order is closed. What to do next
Lead orders still open, newest first
All 51 open orders appear below. When one day's order covers several apartments, those apartments share a row, and each one is named.
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Where | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624) | C, immediately hazardous | West wall in the kitchen | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 1H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624) | C, immediately hazardous | East wall in the bathroom | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 1H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | North wall in the bathroom | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 5J | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from east at south wall, 1st door frame from east at south wall, north wall in the bathroom | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 5J | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from south at west wall door frame, 2nd window frame from west at north wall in the 1st room from north at east | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 5J | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st window frame from north at east wall in the 1st room from north at east | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 5J | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st window frame from east at south wall in the 2nd room from north at east | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 5J | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | East wall in the kitchen | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 5J | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | South wall, west wall, 1st window frame from east at south wall in the kitchen | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 5J | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from south at west wall door, 1st closet from south at west wall door frame, south wall, west wall in the foyer | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 4 apartments2F, 3J, 5E, 6B | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 623) | B, hazardous | The whole apartment | Jul 23, 2024 |
| Building | Young children: tenants not asked, or no lead check (order 619) | C, immediately hazardous | Yearly tenant notice | Jul 18, 2024 |
| Building | Lead records not handed to HPD (order 620) | C, immediately hazardous | Building paperwork | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624) | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling, 1st radiator from west at north wall, south wall in the 1st room from east | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, east wall, west wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the 1st room from east | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from north at east wall, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 4th room from east | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from north at east wall door frame in the private hallway | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | 2nd closet from north at east wall door frame, west wall in the private hallway | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st wall cabinet from north at east wall in the kitchen | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the kitchen | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from east at south wall in the foyer | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from east at south wall, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the foyer | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624) | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling in the bathroom | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from east at south wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the bathroom | Mar 4, 2024 |
| 2H | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 625) | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st window frame from west at north wall, 1st window frame from south at west wall in the 4th room from east | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling in the kitchen | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, south wall in the bathroom | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 2H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | West wall in the bathroom | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 1H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from east at south wall, 1st door frame from east at south wall, west wall in the bathroom | Jan 4, 2023 |
| 1H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from south at west wall door frame, 1st door from east at south wall, 1st door frame from east at south wall in the foyer | Jan 4, 2023 |
| 1H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from east at south wall, 1st door frame from east at south wall in the bathroom | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 1H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from east at south wall in the foyer | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 1H | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from south at west wall door frame, 1st door frame from east at south wall in the foyer | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 1C | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st window frame from west at north wall in the bathroom | Oct 23, 2019 |
| 1C | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from north at east wall in the 1st room from north at west | Oct 23, 2019 |
| 6B | Lead records not handed to HPD (order 618) | C, immediately hazardous | Building paperwork | Oct 15, 2019 |
| 2D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | 2nd radiator from west at north wall in the 1st room from north at west | Jan 30, 2019 |
| 2D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from west at north wall door frame in the foyer | Jan 30, 2019 |
| 3E | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the bathroom | May 9, 2016 |
| 3E | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from north at east wall door frame in the foyer | May 9, 2016 |
| 3G | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, east wall in the bathroom | Nov 17, 2011 |
| 5K | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the 3rd room from north at east | Feb 1, 2010 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from west at north wall, 1st door frame from west at north wall in the foyer | Jun 12, 2006 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Baseboard at south wall, ceiling, east wall in the 4th room from east | Jun 12, 2006 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from west at north wall in the 3rd kitchen from east | Jun 12, 2006 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | Jun 12, 2006 |
| 6C | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling in the 2nd room from north at west | Jun 12, 2006 |
Unless a row says otherwise, each open order here still reads "notice sent to the owner". For HPD Online, the building ID numbers are BIN 2063266, BBL 2048340033. Open HPD Online
Your next steps
- Keep children away from peeling paint. Wash hands, toys, pacifiers, window sills and floors often, and keep children away from rooms where repair work makes dust. Don't sand, scrape or repaint old paint yourself, because that creates lead dust.
- Get your child tested. If you think your child was exposed, get a blood lead test from the doctor now. At age 1, and once more at age 2, New York also requires the test. How the test works
- Put your complaint in writing. Tell your landlord about the peeling paint, and whether a child under age 6 lives at 645 East 231st Street. Free letters in English and Spanish
- Report the problem to HPD. Call 311, or report it online, about peeling paint or repair work that makes dust. Filing is free, and your immigration status doesn't matter.
- Child tested high for lead? Follow the doctor's plan for retesting, then talk to a lead paint lawyer about the building's record: call (888) 503-5930.
These lead orders in plain English
Local Law 1 of 2004 is the city's lead paint law, and these orders were issued under it. Lead paint is presumed in buildings built before 1960, and owners get extra duties for apartments where a child under 6 lives.
- 43 open: peeling lead paint to fix. The paint here contains lead, or is presumed to, and it is peeling or sits on damaged surfaces. Repairing it is the owner's job, using lead-safe work methods.
- 5 open: vacant-apartment lead work not proven. While the apartment sat empty, the owner had to make its doors, windows and floors lead-safe, then prove that to HPD. The proof isn't there.
- 2 open: lead records not handed to HPD. The building's lead paint records, covering notices, inspections and repairs, were requested by HPD, but the owner didn't send them within 45 days.
- 1 open: young children: tenants not asked, or no lead check. The owner failed to send the yearly notice asking whether the apartment has a child under 6, or failed to check for lead hazards.
HPD uses class C for a condition that is immediately hazardous. A closed order is one where HPD accepted a repair, or proof from the owner. Of the lead orders here, 4 are closed.
Lead orders here, year by year
- 20065
- 20101
- 20111
- 20162
- 20195
- 20223
- 20237
- 202428
- 20253
Closed lead orders (4)
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Issued | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6M | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 4, 2024 | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 4M | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 23, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 |
| 4M | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 23, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 |
| 4M | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jul 23, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 |
A closed order is one where HPD has accepted a repair, or proof from the owner, for it. That doesn't mean the entire building is lead-safe.
Lead orders at other buildings in Wakefield-Woodlawn
Records: HPD's housing violation data, published on NYC Open Data and refreshed monthly; it covers lead paint orders 610 to 626, and the newest lead order anywhere in it is dated October 21, 2026. This page only reads the public record. It is not a medical opinion or a legal finding about the owner.