Lead paint violations at 646 East 231st Street, Bronx
HPD lists 40 open lead paint violations at this Wakefield-Woodlawn building in the Bronx. Each order is set out in plain English, newest first.
- open lead paint violations
- 40
- of them class C, immediately hazardous
- 33
- apartments named in open orders, plus 3 building-wide
- 20
- newest lead order issued
- Nov 10, 2025
- lead orders on record since 2001
- 83
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 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616) | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the kitchen | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616) | C, immediately hazardous | East wall in the private hallway | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 7 apartments3D, 1C, 1F, 4B, 3F, 3B, 2A | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 623) | B, hazardous | The whole apartment | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Building | Young children: tenants not asked, or no lead check (order 619) | C, immediately hazardous | Yearly tenant notice | Jul 14, 2025 |
| Building | Lead records not handed to HPD (order 620) | C, immediately hazardous | Building paperwork | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 5B | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Owner given more time | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling in the 2nd room from east at south | Oct 8, 2021 |
| 5B | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Owner given more time | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling in the 1st room from east at north | Oct 8, 2021 |
| 2C | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 614) | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Jun 16, 2021 |
| 5B | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 622) | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Jun 14, 2021 |
| Building | Young children: tenants not asked, or no lead check (order 619) | C, immediately hazardous | Yearly tenant notice | Jun 4, 2021 |
| 9 apartments2A, 3C, 4A, 5F, 5A, 1A, 4E, 4D, 5F | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 614) | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Jun 4, 2021 |
| 4A | Lead records not handed to HPD (order 618) | C, immediately hazardous | Building paperwork | Jun 1, 2021 |
| 4D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617) | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from west at north wall, 1st door frame from west at north wall in the foyer | Oct 13, 2016 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | East wall in the 1st room from east | Jan 25, 2016 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | South wall, east wall in the 2nd room from east | Jul 2, 2012 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st window frame from south at west wall in the kitchen | Jul 2, 2012 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, south wall in the private hallway | Jul 2, 2012 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from north at east wall, 1st door frame from north at east wall, west wall in the foyer | Jun 17, 2011 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | South wall, west wall in the 3rd room from east | Jun 17, 2011 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st radiator from west at north wall in the 3rd room from east | Jun 17, 2011 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | North wall, south wall, west wall in the 1st room from east at south | Jun 17, 2011 |
| 5F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from south at west wall, 1st door frame from south at west wall in the foyer | Sep 1, 2005 |
| 5F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st dumb waiter from west at north wall in the kitchen | Sep 1, 2005 |
| 4C | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 610)Not fixed when re-checked | C, immediately hazardous | South wall at center in the foyer | Aug 27, 2001 |
| 4C | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 610)Not fixed when re-checked | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling in the 1st room from north | Aug 24, 2001 |
| 4C | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 610)Not fixed when re-checked | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the 1st room from north | Aug 24, 2001 |
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 2063242, BBL 2048330064. 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 646 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 today. Orders here from before August 2004 came under the older city lead rules it replaced; the later ones 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.
- 18 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.
- 18 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: 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.
- 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.
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, 43 are closed.
Lead orders here, year by year
- 20013
- 20031
- 20052
- 20081
- 20114
- 20126
- 20134
- 20141
- 20157
- 201610
- 20174
- 20185
- 202122
- 202513
Closed lead orders (43)
This list shows the 40 most recent closures.
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Issued | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4E | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | B | Jul 15, 2025 | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 4D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Apr 15, 2025 | May 21, 2025 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 30, 2021 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 30, 2021 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 30, 2021 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 30, 2021 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| 5A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 27, 2021 | Oct 13, 2021 |
| 5A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 27, 2021 | Oct 13, 2021 |
| 5B | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 11, 2021 | Jul 22, 2021 |
| 4C | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 8, 2008 | Mar 3, 2021 |
| 3C | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 10, 2012 | Mar 3, 2021 |
| 3C | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 10, 2012 | Mar 3, 2021 |
| 4A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 2, 2018 | Apr 9, 2018 |
| 4A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 2, 2018 | Apr 9, 2018 |
| 4A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 2, 2018 | Apr 9, 2018 |
| 2D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 15, 2018 | Apr 9, 2018 |
| 2D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 15, 2018 | Apr 9, 2018 |
| 1D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Nov 8, 2017 | Jan 1, 2018 |
| 4A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 4, 2017 | Feb 23, 2017 |
| 1B | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 27, 2017 |
| 1B | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 27, 2017 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 15, 2016 | Oct 19, 2016 |
| 4D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 19, 2016 | Oct 17, 2016 |
| 4D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 19, 2016 | Oct 17, 2016 |
| 4D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 19, 2016 | Oct 17, 2016 |
| 4D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 19, 2016 | Oct 17, 2016 |
| 5C | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 19, 2016 | Oct 17, 2016 |
| 5C | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 19, 2016 | Oct 17, 2016 |
| 5C | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Sep 19, 2016 | Oct 17, 2016 |
| 2D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 11, 2015 | Mar 3, 2016 |
| 1B | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 2, 2015 | Feb 24, 2016 |
| 1B | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 3, 2015 | Feb 24, 2016 |
| 2D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 10, 2015 | Jan 27, 2016 |
| 4A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 14, 2015 | Sep 22, 2015 |
| 4A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 14, 2015 | Sep 22, 2015 |
| 4A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 14, 2015 | Sep 22, 2015 |
| 1B | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 8, 2003 | May 14, 2015 |
| 2C | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 5, 2014 | Aug 3, 2014 |
| 5A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | May 2, 2013 | Nov 13, 2013 |
| 5A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | May 2, 2013 | Oct 11, 2013 |
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.
