50 East 168 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02480-0001BIN 2101464Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0111 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 12 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
0313 active DOB 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 132 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 133 apartments.

2018 — 132 units registered2023 — 132

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1926

Built

Floors

133

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 40 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.

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

390

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 221Issued 2026-01-20

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 221, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 310Issued 2024-12-31

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 310, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''CENTER''

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 702Issued 2024-09-03

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 702, 7th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''CENTER''

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 221Issued 2021-08-165+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 221, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

197

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water111

Plumbing21

Unsanitary Condition18

Door/Window16

Water Leak10

Paint/Plaster9

Electric4

Flooring/Stairs3

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

2313

Noise reports · last 12 mo

193

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1136

Street/Sidewalk965

Vehicle130

Unspecified57

Commercial25

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

1010

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony298

Misdemeanor596

Violation116

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

Re-infestation reported

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 132 eradicated

2021–20221 infested · 132 eradicated · 1 re-infested

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

116

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 · FISPHAZ-HAZARDOUS CONDITION (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2023-02-10

CYCLE 9B UNSAFE REPORT FILED

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1999-03-16

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

2023-08-24Apt 705residential

2023-06-22Apt 305residential

2019-09-19Apt 221residential

2019-06-17Apt 409residential

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 2024-11-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-04-10

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2017-07-31

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2016-10-13

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

URBAN HORIZONS HDFC

Head officer

GUSTAVO CAMPOS

Managing agent

GRC MANAGEMENT

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2018-02-06 · $14,792,372

Most recent mortgage2026-06-24 · $2,000,000

Mortgage2026-06-24$2,000,000

borrower URBAN HORIZONS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP · lender HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION

Mortgage2023-12-21$6,579,944

borrower URBAN HORIZONS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP · lender DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage2021-05-19$2,108,005

borrower URBAN HORIZONS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO · lender WOMENS HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP

Mortgage2018-02-06$1,000,000

borrower URBAN HORIZONS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND · lender WOMENS HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIO

Sale2018-02-06$14,792,372

URBAN HORIZONS TAX CREDIT FUND, L.P. → URBAN HORIZONS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATIO

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.