# 471 East 137 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2022820045/471-east-137-street-bronx).
BBL 2022820045 · BIN 2114797 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 12 apartments
- 7 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 20 stabilized units for 2023, of about 12 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 20, 2019: 20, 2020: 20, 2023: 20.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1974, 3 floors, 12 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

19 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 15, class A non-hazardous: 0); 51 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
This tax lot has 3 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 7 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

26 in the last 12 months; 114 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (31), HEAT/HOT WATER (17), PAINT/PLASTER (15), PLUMBING (13), DOOR/WINDOW (10).

## Bedbugs

50 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Plaza Borinquen 88 Owner, LP
- HeadOfficer: Alexander Vitro
- SiteManager: John Crane
- Agent: Winn Management Company LLC

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (Alexander Vitro at 122 East 42nd Street).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2022820045/471-east-137-street-bronx