# 455 East 140 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2022850066/455-east-140-street-bronx).
BBL 2022850066 · BIN 2000345 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 10 apartments
- 1 of those issued 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 20 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 1903, 5 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

5 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 1); 54 on record.
1 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.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 24 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (10), PLUMBING (3), ELECTRIC (2), FLOORING/STAIRS (2), HEAT/HOT WATER (2).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 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
- HeadOfficer: JOSUE VELAZQUEZ
- Officer: JOSUE VELAZQUEZ
- Agent: JGV MANAGEMENT CORP
- CorporateOwner: MOTT HAVEN 140 LLC

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/2022850066/455-east-140-street-bronx