1145 Clay Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02429-0019BIN 2091238Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0113 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
0212 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 21 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 42 apartments.

2018 — 21 units registered2023 — 21

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1915

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building33 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

1214

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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-08

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE 4TH MARBLE TREAD UP FROM BOTTOM AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 22Issued 2026-10-01

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 22, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-02-182 violations

§ 27-2056.4(H) AND 27-2056.17 ADM CODE -CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY OWNER PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW 1 OF 2004 RELATED TO LEAD-BASED PAINT NOTICES, INSPECTIONS AND REMEDIATION/ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.
§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 17Issued 2024-07-11

§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.8, 27-2056.9 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO ABATE TESTED LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM REQUIRED WINDOW AND/OR DOOR FRICTION SURFACES FOR APARTMENT AND MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE, POSITIVE LEAD-BASED PAINT IN AN APARTMENT WITH A CHILD UNDER SIX LOCATED AT APT 17, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

502

All time

108

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition120

Paint/Plaster119

Water Leak59

Plumbing53

Flooring/Stairs40

Door/Window31

General23

Appliance21

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

Residential439

Street/Sidewalk250

Unspecified27

Vehicle22

Commercial20

House of Worship3

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

455

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony142

Misdemeanor227

Violation86

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

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-03-24Apt 6residential

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 2026-04-06

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2025-01-13

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2022-04-05

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2021-08-16

Harassment case

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

1145 CLAY AVENUE REALTY LLC

Head officer

JORGE RUIZ

Managing agent

JORGE RUIZ

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

1016 EAST 174 STREETBRONX 1037 OGDEN AVENUEBRONX 1045 BOYNTON AVENUEBRONX 1050 SUMMIT AVENUEBRONX 1053 BOYNTON AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2017-07-19 · $7,571,300

Most recent mortgage2022-05-04 · $942,476.45

Mortgage2022-05-04$942,476.45

borrower 50 EAST 172 STREET REALTY LLC, 452 EAST 187 REALTY LLC, 1145 CLAY AVENUE REALTY LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2017-07-19$2,245,700.7

borrower 1145 CLAY AVENUE REALTY LLC · lender CONNECTONE BANK

Sale2017-07-19$7,571,300

1145 CLAY AVE. BRONX LLC → 1145 CLAY AVENUE REALTY LLC

Mortgage2015-04-22$14,937,531

borrower 1471 TAYLOR STREET PROPERTY, LLC, 710 EAT 138TH STREET PROPERTY, LLC, 50 EAST 172ND STREET PROPERTY, LLC, 1450 TAYLOR STREET PROPERTY, LLC, 1145 CLAY AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC, 452 EAST 187TH STREET PROPERTY, LLC · lender LADDER CAPITAL FINANCE I LLC

Sale2015-04-22$4,800,000

1145 CLAY AVENUE PROPERTY, LLC → 1145 CLAY AVE. BRONX 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

Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in water and sewer charges to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 10-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

10-day noticewater/sewer only2025-05-01

30-day noticewater/sewer only2025-04-01

60-day noticewater/sewer only2025-03-01

90-day noticewater/sewer only2025-02-01

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale