1251 Webster Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02427-0037BIN 2002108

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 28 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 eviction 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 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 28 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 28 apartments.

2018 — 28 units registered2023 — 28

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

1917

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

269

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 HAZARDOUSApt F1Issued 2024-12-05

§ 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 INOPERABLE HINGES AT DOOR IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT F1, 6th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''1251''

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt B5Issued 2020-07-075+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 1.SQ.FT AT CEILING AND NORTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT B5, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 13641288 ISSUED 07-MAR-20 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt D2Issued 2006-04-175+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING, 1st CLOSET FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL CEILING, 1st CLOSET FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL WALL, EAST WALL, NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT D2, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 5DIssued 2009-04-215+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PAINT METAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPT. REGULATION THE 1st RISER FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition11

Water Leak6

Heat/Hot Water6

Safety5

Paint/Plaster5

Plumbing4

Appliance2

Flooring/Stairs2

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

572

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential347

Street/Sidewalk169

Vehicle34

Unspecified19

Commercial3

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

735

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony216

Misdemeanor361

Violation158

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

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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-10-16Apt F3residential

2023-06-09Apt F4residential

2023-02-15Apt D1residential

2018-09-06Apt C4residential

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 2018-07-05

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

1251-55 WEBSTER AVE LLC

Head officer

MICHAEL MERGES

Managing agent

1251-55 WEBSTER AVE LLC

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

1255 WEBSTER AVENUEBRONX 26-17 3 STREETQUEENS 26-19 3 STREETQUEENS 2641 JEROME AVENUEBRONX 307 EAST TREMONT AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2006-08-15 · $1,587,500

Most recent mortgage2025-03-27 · $6,744

Mortgage2025-03-27$6,744

borrower 1251-55 WEBSTER AVE. LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA

Mortgage2020-05-26$1,565,356.75

borrower 1251-55 WEBSTER AVE. LLC · lender DIME COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2015-10-02$830,258.08

borrower 1251-55 WEBSTER AVE. LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2011-09-09$1,025,959.96

borrower 1251-55 WEBSTER AVE. LLC · lender HUDSON VALLEY BANK, NAN

Sale2006-08-15$1,587,500

1251 WEBSTER REALTY CORP. → 1251-55 WEBSTER AVE. LLC

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