281 Brook Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02284-0062BIN 2091060Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 12 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
045 evictions 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 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 59 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 59 apartments.

2018 — 59 units registered2023 — 59

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1904

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building100 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

105

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. This tax lot has 4 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4BIssued 2021-01-125+ YRS OLD

(B) 27-2142(A) HMC: THE FOLLOWING DWELLING UNITS WERE REOCCUPIED WHILE BEING SUBJECT TO AN ORDER TO REPAIR/VACATE ORDER ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT; FILE FOR A DISMISSAL REQUEST RELATED TO THE ISSUED ORDER (SEE WWW.NYC.GOV/HPD). LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Violation Dismissed

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2026-10-14

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

181

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water59

Plumbing29

Electric18

Door/Window13

Paint/Plaster12

Unsanitary Condition12

Water Leak11

General11

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

940

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential529

Street/Sidewalk264

Commercial58

Vehicle53

Unspecified29

House of Worship5

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

712

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony259

Misdemeanor329

Violation124

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

Re-infestation reported

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-04-20Apt 3-Bresidential

2025-04-03Apt 1-Aresidential

2024-10-01Apt 2-Bresidential

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 2022-08-18

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2020-10-29

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2020-03-04

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2019-09-09

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

SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY LEMLE WOLFF LLC

Head officer

JOSEPH ZITOLO

Managing agent

LEMLE & WOLFF, INC

144 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

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2011-06-07 · $1

Most recent mortgage2013-06-10 · $2,636,452

Mortgage2013-06-10$2,636,452

borrower SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY LEMLE WOLFF LLC, QUADRANT PROPERTIES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPA · lender CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2013-06-10$901,066

borrower QUADRANT PROPERTIES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPA, SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY LEMLE WOLFF LLC · lender CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2013-05-22$14,231,987

borrower SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY LEMLE WOLFF LLC, QUADRANT PROPERTIES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPA · lender THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

Mortgage2011-06-07$12,222,566

borrower SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY LEMLE WOLFF LLC, QUADRANT PROPERTIES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPA · lender NEW YORK CITY ACQUISITION FUND LLC

Sale2011-06-07$1

BOBBY CAPO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION → QUADRANT PROPERTIES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPA

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