495 East 158 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02364-0045BIN 2127465Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0110 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 11 apartments
029 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
044 active DOB violation(s)
054 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 107 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 107 apartments.

2018 — 107 units registered2023 — 107

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

2009

Built

Floors

107

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 26 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building83 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

101

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5DIssued 2026-10-01

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 5D, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4NIssued 2026-09-14

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4N, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION AT NORTH

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 7DIssued 2026-07-20

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOORING CAUSING A TRIP HAZARD IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 7D, 7th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4OIssued 2026-07-20

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4O, 4th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition24

Heat/Hot Water19

Door/Window11

Appliance6

General4

Paint/Plaster4

Plumbing4

Water Leak3

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

846

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential558

Street/Sidewalk196

Vehicle38

Unspecified31

Commercial22

House of Worship1

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

806

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony250

Misdemeanor432

Violation124

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20241 infested · 1 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

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 · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2022-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2021-03-09

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$312

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.

ElevatorsClass 22026-01-21$312 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-12-08Apt 5Bresidential

2025-05-27Apt 7Gresidential

2025-02-26Apt 7Jresidential

2024-12-09Apt 4Nresidential

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 2026-06-04

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2026-03-06

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-07-08

Tenant action

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

CS MELROSE SITE B LLC

Head officer

HERMINIO TORRES

Managing agent

C&C APARTMENT MANAGEMENT

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

1046 HOE AVENUEBRONX 1050 HOE AVENUEBRONX 117 EAST 115 STREETMANHATTAN 1295 FIFTH AVENUEMANHATTAN 140 ESSEX STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-05-15 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2012-05-15 · $1,625,000

Sale2012-05-15no recorded price

CS MELROSE SITE B1 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP. → CS MELROSE SITE B LLC

Mortgage2012-05-15$1,625,000

borrower CS MELROSE SITE B LLC · lender HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION

Mortgage2012-05-15$4,426,500

borrower CS MELROSE SITE B LLC · lender CITY OF NEW YORK

Sale2009-06-26$53,500

CITY OF NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF HPD → CS MELROSE SITE B LLC

Sale2009-06-26no recorded price

CS MELROSE SITE B LLC → CS MELROSE SITE B1 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP.

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