440 East 139 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02283-0028BIN 2000268Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

015 active DOB violation(s)

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 OATH/ECB 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 16 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 16 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2023 — 16

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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The building

1915

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building3 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition8

Heat/Hot Water4

General1

Unsanitary ConditionPests2025-05-03 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2025-05-03 · closed

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

685

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential440

Street/Sidewalk138

Commercial54

Vehicle29

Unspecified21

House of Worship2

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

673

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony218

Misdemeanor362

Violation93

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.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2014-05-15

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2014-05-15

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2014-05-15

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-06-20Apt 3-Cresidential

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: repair & harassment cases

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 2010-03-04

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2007-11-28

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ALEXANDER AVENUE ASSOCIATES LP

Head officer

ROBERT MORALES

Managing agent

SANDRA ERICKSON REAL ESTATE INC

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

134 ALEXANDER AVENUEBRONX 804 WESTCHESTER AVENUEBRONX 846 EAST 156 STREETBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-08-06 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2008-08-06 · $5,846,469

Sale2008-08-06no recorded price

NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, INC → ALEXANDER AVENUE ASSOCIATES L.P.

Mortgage2008-08-06$5,846,469

borrower ALEXANDER AVENUE ASSOCIATES L.P. · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2006-06-30$6,028,010

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND, ALEXANDER CLUSTER INC. · lender ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC.

Mortgage2006-06-30$3,929,893

borrower ALEXANDER CLUSTER INC., NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND · lender ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC.

Mortgage2006-06-30$322,505

borrower NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND, ALEXANDER CLUSTER INC. · lender ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND, INC.

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.