# 185 East 162 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2024610040/185-east-162-street-bronx).
BBL 2024610040 · BIN 2002813 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 12 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 10 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 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 66 stabilized units for 2023, of about 68 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 66, 2019: 66, 2020: 67, 2021: 67, 2023: 66.
Receives the J-51 tax benefit.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1939, 6 floors, 68 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

47 open (class C immediately hazardous: 12, class B hazardous: 29, class A non-hazardous: 6); 428 on record.
10 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 33 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 8 on record; 1 decided by default; $10,000 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

89 in the last 12 months; 254 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (113), UNSANITARY CONDITION (28), PAINT/PLASTER (20), GENERAL (18), PLUMBING (17).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 3 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

9 cases on record, 0 open, 9 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 185 EAST 162ND STREET, LLC
- Agent: BRIAN GARLAND
- HeadOfficer: MARGARET BRUNN

The same owner is linked to 97 other buildings (MARGARET BRUNN at 40 WEST 57TH STREET).

## 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/2024610040/185-east-162-street-bronx