# 453 East 160 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2023820039/453-east-160-street-bronx).
BBL 2023820039 · BIN 2001500 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 18 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 35 apartments
- 16 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 12 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 24 stabilized units for 2023, of about 35 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 23, 2019: 23, 2021: 23, 2022: 24, 2023: 24.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1925, 6 floors, 35 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

96 open (class C immediately hazardous: 18, class B hazardous: 59, class A non-hazardous: 19); 161 on record.
16 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
12 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 13 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 1 on record; 1 decided by default; $3,125 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

20 in the last 12 months; 83 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (49), UNSANITARY CONDITION (8), WATER LEAK (7), DOOR/WINDOW (5), FLOORING/STAIRS (4).

## Bedbugs

7 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)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (30-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: MELROSE CLUSTER LP
- Agent: MELROSE PROPERTIES, LLC
- HeadOfficer: RAMON ESCOBAR
- Officer: RAMON ESCOBAR
- Shareholder: RAMON ESCOBAR
- SiteManager: STEVEN BAILEY

The same owner is linked to 25 other buildings (RAMON ESCOBAR at 2432 GRAND CONCOURSE).

## 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/2023820039/453-east-160-street-bronx