# 343 East 138 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2023010047/343-east-138-street-bronx).
BBL 2023010047 · BIN 2000609 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 10 apartments
- 9 active DOB violation(s)

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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2013-06-03.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 8 stabilized units for 2023, of about 10 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 8, 2019: 8, 2020: 8, 2021: 8, 2022: 8, 2023: 8.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1931, 5 floors, 10 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

3 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 0); 234 on record.

## DOB building violations

9 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 12 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

4 active of 6 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

7 in the last 12 months; 18 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (6), HEAT/HOT WATER (4), FLOORING/STAIRS (3), ELECTRIC (2), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).

## Bedbugs

9 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)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: ABJ 343, LLC.
- Agent: JOSEPH SOLEIMANI
- HeadOfficer: JOSEPH SOLEIMANI
- SiteManager: MARTIN CHABLA

The same owner is linked to 60 other buildings (JOSEPH SOLEIMANI at 11 GRACE AVENUE).

## 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/2023010047/343-east-138-street-bronx