# 288 East 168 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2024350015/288-east-168-street-bronx).
BBL 2024350015 · BIN 2002293 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 17 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 28 apartments
- 12 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 28 stabilized units for 2023, of about 28 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 28, 2019: 28, 2020: 28, 2021: 28, 2022: 28, 2023: 28.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1916, 5 floors, 28 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

67 open (class C immediately hazardous: 17, class B hazardous: 38, class A non-hazardous: 12); 679 on record.
12 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $4,065 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

25 in the last 12 months; 248 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (57), PLUMBING (39), PAINT/PLASTER (34), FLOORING/STAIRS (29), HEAT/HOT WATER (21).

## Bedbugs

8 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

2 executed in the last 3 years; 5 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

23 cases on record, 0 open, 22 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 288 SHEVA REALTY HDFC, INC
- Agent: LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP
- HeadOfficer: MARK ENGEL
- SiteManager: Manuel REYNOSO

The same owner is linked to 69 other buildings (MARK ENGEL at 1601 BRONXDALE AVE).

## 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/2024350015/288-east-168-street-bronx