# 471 East 140 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2022850061/471-east-140-street-bronx).
BBL 2022850061 · BIN 2000342 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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 10 stabilized units for 2023, of about 10 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1902, 5 floors, 10 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

15 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 5, class A non-hazardous: 7); 78 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 2 on record; 1 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 29 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (7), PAINT/PLASTER (6), FLOORING/STAIRS (4), WATER LEAK (3), HEAT/HOT WATER (3).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- SiteManager: JOSUE VELAZQUEZ
- Agent: JGV MANAGEMENT CORP
- CorporateOwner: MOTT HAVEN 140 LLC
- Officer: JOSUE VELAZQUEZ
- HeadOfficer: JOSUE VELAZQUEZ

The same owner is linked to 16 other buildings (JOSUE VELAZQUEZ at 1325 SOUTHERN BLVD).

## 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/2022850061/471-east-140-street-bronx