378 East 139 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02301-0021BIN 2000589

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0153 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 10 apartments
0214 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 open rent-impairing violation(s)
045 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 DOB 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 10 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 10 apartments.

2018 — 10 units registered2019 — 10

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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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building10 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

143

Open now

299

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2026-04-20

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-11-14

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1WIssued 2025-11-14RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1W, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1WIssued 2025-11-14

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW GLASS AT LOWER AT WEST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1W, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water34

Paint/Plaster14

Plumbing12

Door/Window11

Flooring/Stairs7

Water Leak5

Unsanitary Condition2

General1

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

517

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential373

Street/Sidewalk100

Vehicle15

Commercial13

Unspecified13

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

1016

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony298

Misdemeanor575

Violation143

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 3 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-04-25

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2021-10-13

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2018-04-06

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2023-03-02

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2022-02-16

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-03-15

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2010-12-22

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

378 E139 AM LLC

Head officer

Aaron Maleh

Managing agent

378 E139 AM LLC

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

1082 HALL PLACEBRONX 30 OAKLAND PLACEBROOKLYN 328 MADISON STREETBROOKLYN 380 EAST 139 STREETBRONX 418 EAST 138 STREETBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

ConstructionClass 12021-07-19$2,500 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2026-04-15 · $687,500

Most recent mortgage2017-12-01 · $1,296,033.3

Sale2026-04-15$687,500

GMC OWNER LLC → 378 E139 AM LLC

Sale2025-06-13$1,000,000

GMC HOLDING, LLC, STEPHEN J. GINSBERG → GMC OWNER LLC

Mortgage2017-12-01$1,296,033.3

borrower GMC HOLDING LLC · lender SABAL CAPITAL II, LLC

Mortgage2011-03-24$282,722.64

borrower GMC HOLDING LLC · lender GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC.

Mortgage2007-10-16$348,297.35

borrower GMC HOLDING LLC · lender CITIBANK, N.A.

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