533 East 139 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02267-0067BIN 2000085

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 20 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 20 apartments.

2018 — 20 units registered2023 — 20

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1915

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building77 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

357

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2026-03-27

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LAMINATED FLOOR TILE CREATING TRIP AND CUT HAZARD IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1A, 2nd STORY

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt BBIssued 2015-06-115+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT BSMT-APT BB, 1st BSMT-APT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2013-10-315+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3B, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

211

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster39

Water Leak34

Unsanitary Condition33

Heat/Hot Water30

Plumbing23

Flooring/Stairs16

Electric10

Door/Window9

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1018

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential574

Street/Sidewalk299

Commercial58

Vehicle58

Unspecified24

House of Worship3

Park1

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

786

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony263

Misdemeanor398

Violation125

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2019-08-13Apt 1-Aresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2024-07-30

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2024-06-06

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-02-13

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2023-12-06

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

533 E 139 LLC

Head officer

DAVID TENNENBAUM

Managing agent

DAVID TENNENBAUM

77 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

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Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2021-09-24 · $2,575,000

Most recent mortgage2021-09-24 · $1,756,250

Mortgage2021-09-24$1,756,250

borrower 533 E 139 LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Sale2021-09-24$2,575,000

SOBRO SHARP III LLC → 533 E 139 LLC

Mortgage2019-05-22$2,412,588.09

borrower SOBRO SHARP III LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2014-09-08$1,376,704.54

borrower SOBRO SHARP III LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2007-05-17$852,000

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - US MARSHALS SERVICE → SOBRO SHARP III LLC

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale