1056 Sherman Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02451-0005BIN 2002625Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0114 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
0212 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
044 active DOB violation(s)
053 evictions executed in the last 3 years
061 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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 67 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 67 apartments.

2018 — 67 units registered2023 — 67

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

1927

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 11 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building1 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

546

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1CIssued 2025-09-302 violations

§ 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 HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1C, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1C, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-07-11RENT-IMPAIRING

567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT OBSERVED RAT AT TIME OF INSPECTION AT FRONT AREAWAY, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-07-10RENT-IMPAIRING

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1CIssued 2025-07-012 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1C, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE HYDRONIC BASEBOARD HEATER MISSING COVER IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 1C, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

155

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water71

Unsanitary Condition27

Paint/Plaster13

Plumbing12

Water Leak10

General6

Door/Window6

Flooring/Stairs4

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1899

Noise reports · last 12 mo

158

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1288

Street/Sidewalk456

Vehicle84

Commercial47

Unspecified23

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

565

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony160

Misdemeanor304

Violation101

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

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.

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2024-06-26

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-04-26

PARTIAL VACATE ORDER TO MULTIPLE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SUCH AS CRACKED MASONRY BRICKS,DETERIORATED AND CRACKED ROOD PARAPET WERE OBSERVED.THE SE CONDITIONS HAVE THEREFORE MADE THE COURTYARD AT EXP3 EAST AND EXP4 SOUTH UNABLE TO BE OCCUPIED.REMEDY:VACATE ENTIRE COURTYARD AT EXP3 AND EXP4 SOUTH.COURTYARD TO BE USED IN EMERGENCIES ONLY

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-04-17

EMERGENCY WORK ORDER ON 04/17/24 DUE TO DEFECTIVE FACADE.AT EXPOSURE#1 (WEST ELEVATION)MULTIPLE SPALLING COPING STONES(SEVERE CONDITION)@ROOF LEVEL,ALSO MULTIPLE LOOSE VERTICLE CRACK,LOOSE MORTAR&MASONRY&SPALLING BRICKS THROUGOUT EXP#4 BULDGING/DISPLACED BRICKS@5TH STORY OF EXP#1 REMEDY:IMMED.PROVIDE SAFETY MEASURES&INSTALL SIDEWALK SHED TO.PROTECT

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$3,125

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.

DEFAULTBoilersClass 22024-05-16$3,125 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-01-14Apt 6Cresidential

2025-06-02Apt 1Fresidential

2024-01-09Apt 2Jresidential

2023-09-22Apt 5Gresidential

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 2025-02-22

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2025-02-19

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-08-23

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-01-12

Tenant action

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

1056 KINAHARA LLC

Head officer

STEVEN FINKELSTEIN

Managing agent

ROGER TATE

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

690 GERARD AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-09-03 · $8,800,000

Most recent mortgage2020-11-24 · $173,985.73

Mortgage2020-11-24$173,985.73

borrower 1056 KINAHARA LLC · lender PRUDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE, LLC

Mortgage2019-05-29$1,000,000

borrower 1495 MORRIS AVE REALTY LLC, 2230-2238 GRAND CONCOURSE LLC, 1056 KINAHARA LLC, L&D REALTY ASSOCIATES LLC · lender M&T BANK

Mortgage2019-05-22$8,113,110.5

borrower 1056 KINAHARA LLC · lender M&T BANK

Mortgage2019-05-22$1,056,889.5

borrower 1056 KINAHARA LLC · lender M&T BANK

Mortgage2016-07-12$4,185,000

borrower 1056 KINAHARA LLC, 2230-2238 GRAND CONCOURSE LLC · lender M&T BANK

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