130 Willis Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02278-0005BIN 2000142

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
0213 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 23 apartments
039 of those issued in the last 3 years
047 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0517 active DOB violation(s)
061 eviction executed 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.

HPD enforcement

On the Alternative Enforcement Program

HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 19), active since 2026-02-02. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 380 open B/C violations at selection.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 23 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 23 apartments.

2018 — 23 units registered2023 — 23

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1900

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building38 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

128

Open now

499

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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1DIssued 2026-09-14

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1D, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 19078824 ISSUED 13-JUL-26 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2CIssued 2026-08-27

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK CONCEALED LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2C, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2CIssued 2026-08-27

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING, NORTH WALL, WEST WALL AND SOUTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2C, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

488

All time

237

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water187

Unsanitary Condition67

Plumbing54

Water Leak34

Paint/Plaster32

General26

Door/Window24

Safety23

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

387

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential270

Street/Sidewalk62

Unspecified28

Park14

Vehicle11

Commercial2

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

406

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony123

Misdemeanor196

Violation87

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 2 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

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-12-01Apt 5Bresidential

2019-12-04Apt 5Bresidential

2019-12-04Apt 6Cresidential

2018-11-15Apt 4Bresidential

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 2026-07-28

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2025-12-04

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2022-09-16

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2022-02-18

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

SOBRO GATEWAY HDFC

Head officer

KIUMARZ GEULA

Managing agent

PILLAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC

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

106 WEST 137 STREETMANHATTAN 110 WEST 137 STREETMANHATTAN 124 WEST 137 STREETMANHATTAN 126 WEST 124 STREETMANHATTAN 128 WEST 124 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$1,000

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.

BoilersClass 32022-02-22$500 due

ElevatorsClass 22019-09-08$655 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2006-06-29 · $75,000

Most recent mortgage2014-05-30 · $1,570,000

Mortgage2014-05-30$1,570,000

borrower SOBRO-GATEWAY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender ESQUIRE BANK

Mortgage2014-05-30$193,672

borrower SOBRO-GATEWAY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2008-10-28$549,061

borrower SOBRO-GATEWAY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2008-04-02$448,145

borrower SOBRO-GATEWAY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP. · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2008-04-02$300,000

borrower SOBRO-GATEWAY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP. · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

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