428 East 157 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02378-0019BIN 2001423Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
0221 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 21 apartments
039 of those issued in the last 3 years
041 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0515 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.

HPD enforcement

On the Alternative Enforcement Program

HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 17), active since 2024-01-31. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 379 open B/C violations at selection.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 22 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 21 apartments.

2019 — 22 units registered2023 — 22

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

1914

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building73 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

118

Open now

427

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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-03-26

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOCKING ASSEMBLY AT ENTRANCE DOOR TO BUILDING

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-05-09

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING VESTIBULE DOOR , 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-09-042 violations

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE NUMERIOUS CRACKS AND HOLES AT STUCCO OF THE EXTERIOR WALL, FROM 2 STORY TO ROOF AT WEST YARD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE NUMERIOUS CRACKS AND HOLES AT STUCCO OF THE EXTERIOR WALL, FROM 3 STORY TO ROOF AT EAST YARD

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

159

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water74

Unsanitary Condition21

Plumbing17

Paint/Plaster13

Flooring/Stairs12

Water Leak8

Door/Window5

Electric4

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

761

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential450

Street/Sidewalk193

Vehicle48

Commercial36

Unspecified33

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

644

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony214

Misdemeanor343

Violation87

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

Re-infestation reported

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-06-09

EMERENCY WORK ORDER DUE TO BROKEN FIRE ESCAPE TREAD: OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE 3 1ST FLOOR, SOUTH ELEVATION. REMEDY: OWNER TO RETAIN (UNDER DIRECTION OF LICENSED DESIGN NYC PROFESSIONAL WORK TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-06-09

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING DEFECTED FACADE CONDITIONS. EXPOSURE 1:DEFECT AT ROOF CORNICE,STEP CRACK & DEFECTED LINTEL STONES. EXP2:CRACK WINDOW PANE, CRACK & WINDOW LINES. EXPOSURE 3 & 4 CRACK STUCCO AND SPALLING ON 4 REMEDY: REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-10-02

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING EXTERIOR IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.NOTE AT TIME OF INSPECTION,OBSERVED AT EXP1 MULTIPLE BRICK CRACKS AND STONE DISLODGED AND CRACKED AT CORNICE HOLES AND RUST.AT EXP2 OBSERVED SPALL ING STUCCO COATING MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AT PARAPET LEVEL.AT EXP4 VERTICA L CRACK FROM PARAPET TO 3RD FL.REMEDY:REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$1,250

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.

ConstructionClass 12026-06-09$1,250 due

Quality of LifeHazardous2007-05-30$24,000 penalty

ConstructionHazardous2007-05-30$10,000 penalty

Quality of LifeHazardous2007-01-16$11,500 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

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 2025-04-15

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2023-10-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-09-19

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-02-15

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

NEIGHBORHOOD RESTORE HDFC

Head officer

SALVATORE DAVOLA

Managing agent

BANANA KELLY CIA INC

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

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2018-09-05 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1966-10-03 · no recorded price

Sale2018-09-05no recorded price

COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK → NEIGHBORHOOD RESTORE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP

Sale1999-06-18no recorded price

NYC HPD → 428 EAST 157TH STREET HOUSING DEVEL FUND CORP.

Sale1984-08-22no recorded price

COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE → CITY OF NEW YORK

Sale1980-12-03no recorded price

424 E 157TH ST REALTY CORP → 428 E 157TH ST REALTY CORP

Sale1977-01-27no recorded price

RAMIREZ SAMUEL → 424 E 157TH ST REALTY 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