526 Morris Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02330-0001BIN 2091150Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0124 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 26 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
039 open rent-impairing violation(s)
043 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 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 25 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 26 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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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 building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date. This tax lot has 3 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 1995-11-064 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT CLG & WALLS 3RD STY NORTH APT 3B WEST ROOM MR U IMPARATO 718 292 3521 ER1 95023937. LOCATED AT APT 3B
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT WALLS 3RD STY NORTH APT 3B BATHROOM ER1 95023937. LOCATED AT APT 3B

2 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT WEST WALL 3RD STY NORTH APT 3B KITCHEN ER1 95023937. LOCATED AT APT 3B
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT CLG & WALLS 3RD STY NORTH APT 3B CENTER ROOM ER1 95023937. LOCATED AT APT 3B

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3BEASTIssued 1995-11-065+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT CLG & WALLS 3RD STY NORTH APT 3BEAST ROOM ER1 95023937. LOCATED AT APT 3BEAST

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5BIssued 1990-03-272 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT CLGS & WALLS OF WEST ROOM & CENTER ROOM OF 5TH STY NORTH APT 5B MR JIAN 665 3309. LOCATED AT APT 5B
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE REMOVE OR COVER IN A MANNER APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT THE PEELING LEAD PAINT CLG OF FOYER OFF BATHROOM 5TH STY NORTH APT 5B MR JIAN 665 3309. LOCATED AT APT 5B

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2017-10-205 violations5+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF COLD WATER FOR THE FIXTURES AT WASHBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

3 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE .. IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR AND VINYL FLOOR TILES IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st 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 Water16

Unsanitary Condition4

Electric1

Flooring/Stairs1

Paint/Plaster1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-10-29 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2025-07-26 · closed

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

1153

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential880

Street/Sidewalk164

Unspecified66

Vehicle23

Commercial19

Park1

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

655

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony213

Misdemeanor333

Violation109

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 12 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

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.

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1995-08-29

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1994-06-09

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-05-17

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

BoilersClass 22022-07-26$312 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2018-04-19Apt 4Aresidential

2018-04-19Apt 5Aresidential

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 2022-03-18

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2019-04-05

Access Warrant - lead

CLOSEDOpened 2017-10-02

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2017-02-07

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

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

MING YUAN CORP

Head officer

ALICE LEE

Managing agent

MING YUAN CORP

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1987-04-10 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1987-11-02 · $162,565

Mortgage1987-11-02$162,565

borrower MING YUAN CORP. · lender NYC / HPD

Sale1987-04-10no recorded price

LEE, DAVID H., HSU, PAO-CHU TSENG, LEE, ALICE H., HSU, MARTIN C.T. → MING YUAN CORPORATION

Mortgage1986-03-18$15,000

borrower LEE, ALICE H., HSU, DAO CHU TSENG, LEE, DAVID H., HSU, MARTIN CHUN TING · lender CHEN, FEN SHOU, KONG, JAMES, CHAN, PING KOON

Mortgage1986-03-18$110,000

borrower LEE, DAVID H., LEE, ALICE H., HSU, MARTIN CHUN TINE, HSU, PAO-CHU TSENG · lender LOS ANGELES NATIONALBNK

Sale1986-03-05no recorded price

C K C REAL ESTATE CORP → HSU, PAO-CHU TSENG, LEE, DAVID H., HSU, MARTIN CHUN TINE, LEE, ALICE H.

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