815 Gerard Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02483-0023BIN 2002978

Concern level3 of 4

High

0111 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
029 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0415 active DOB violation(s)
058 evictions executed in the last 3 years
06$18,491 in unpaid DOB fines

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 DOB 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 78 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 78 apartments.

2018 — 78 units registered2023 — 78

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1928

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

1098

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-08

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CRACKED MARBLE TILE (CAUSING CUT HAZARD) AT NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2025-03-27

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) PICTURE MOULDING AT EAST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2025-03-24

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2025-03-24

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 2nd CLOSET FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL DOOR FRAME IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

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

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

283

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water121

Plumbing25

Unsanitary Condition24

Paint/Plaster24

Door/Window22

Water Leak18

Electric14

General11

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

1633

Noise reports · last 12 mo

136

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk868

Residential460

Vehicle144

Commercial79

Unspecified73

Park9

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — 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

707

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony157

Misdemeanor475

Violation75

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 9 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-04-07

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. OBSERVED CRACKED/SPALLING BRICK WORK & MORTAR JOINTS ON EXPOSURES 1 AND 2 AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. REMEDY: REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-02-12

PARTIAL VACATE ORDER DUE TO MULT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SUCH AS CRACKED & BULGING MASONRY BRICK @ PARAPET & ON THE FACADE. DETERIORATING WINDO SILLS MULTI LOC. CONDITIONS HAVE MADE COURTYARDS @ EXP3 W, EXP#4 N UNABLE TO BE OCCUPIED. REMEDY:VACATE ENTIRE COURTYARDS @ EXP3W, #4N COURTYARDS TO BE USED IN EMERGENCIES ONLY

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-09-01Apt 6Dresidential

2026-09-01Apt 111commercial

2026-09-01Apt 6Dresidential

2025-10-07Apt 5Mresidential

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

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 2024-08-16

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-08-07

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-12-16

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2019-02-25

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

PARKASH 815 LLC

Head officer

VED PARKASH

Managing agent

VED PARKASH

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$18,491

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

ElevatorsClass 12026-10-05$1,250 due

ElevatorsClass 12026-09-16$1,250 due

ConstructionClass 22026-06-25$2,400 due

ElevatorsClass 22026-05-19$625 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2005-05-24 · $6,425,000

Most recent mortgage2018-05-31 · $797,753.63

Mortgage2018-05-31$797,753.63

borrower PARKASH 815 LLC · lender CONNECTONE BANK

Mortgage2013-05-09$2,437,830.2

borrower PARKASH 815 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2005-05-24$6,425,000

GERARD PLAZA, INC. → PARKASH 815 LLC

Mortgage2005-05-24$4,600,000

borrower PARKASH 815 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1990-11-28$185,000

borrower GERARD PLAZA, INC. · lender L.P. PROPERTIES

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