779 Elton Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02379-0026BIN 2001441

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
025 of those issued 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 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 12 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 12 apartments.

2018 — 12 units registered2023 — 12

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 building72 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

166

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-03-07

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE INCASE OF POWER OUTTAGE A HEAVY DUTY MECHANICAL LOCK AT DOOR FROM STREET FROM 1ST STORY PUBLIC HALL

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-10-28

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ELECTRICAL MAGNETIC LOCKING DEVICE AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-10-28

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE MORTISE LOCK AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2EIssued 2023-11-01

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 40 SQ FT AT EAST WALL APPROX 40 SQ FT AT NORTH WALL APPROX 40 SQ FT AT WEST WALL APPROX 40 SQ FT AT SOUTH WALL APPROX 30 SQ FT AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2E, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

171

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water118

Water Leak10

Door/Window8

Appliance7

Paint/Plaster6

General6

Unsanitary Condition6

Plumbing5

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

736

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential479

Street/Sidewalk155

Vehicle42

Unspecified32

Commercial27

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

710

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony224

Misdemeanor383

Violation103

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

2023–20240 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-03-01Apt 3Wresidential

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

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 2022-04-11

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2016-12-08

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2012-06-15

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2007-01-29

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ELTON BH LLC

Head officer

STEVEN KASHANIAN

Managing agent

JONATHAN ISMAILI

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

1002 FULTON STREETBROOKLYN 117 WEST 57 STREETMANHATTAN 126 WYCKOFF AVENUEBROOKLYN 128 EAST 86 STREETMANHATTAN 130 9 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$1,565

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 22025-01-29$1,250 due

BoilersClass 12023-05-08$1,250 penalty

BoilersClass 22023-05-02$315 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2025 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2025-10-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-02-08 · $555,420.06

Sale2025-10-17no recorded price

NAMDAR ELTON LLC, ELTON BH LLC → ELTON BH LLC, NAMDAR ELTON LLC

Mortgage2021-02-08$555,420.06

borrower ELTON BH LLC, NAMDAR ELTON LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale2021-02-08$1,400,000

BRONX REALTY HOLDING CORP. → NAMDAR ELTON LLC, ELTON BH LLC

Mortgage2003-10-20$277,837.94

borrower BRONX REALTY HOLDING CORP., A NEW YORK CORPORATION · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, A FEDERAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage1999-11-22$100,000

borrower BRONX REALTY HOLDINGCORP. · lender COMMUNITY PRESERVATION CORPORATION

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