957 Woodycrest Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02511-0068BIN 2003187Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
0222 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
0321 of those issued in the last 3 years
043 active DOB violation(s)
059 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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.

HPD enforcement

On the Alternative Enforcement Program

HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 17), active since 2024-01-31. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 2,041 open B/C violations at selection.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 1 stabilized unit with New York State for 2023 — of about 52 apartments.

2018 — 53 units registered2023 — 1

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

1924

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building31 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

2024

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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 15AIssued 2026-10-07

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 15A, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''south''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-24

§ 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 AT 1st PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM NORTH

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 10AIssued 2026-08-172 violations

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE UPPER WINDOW SASH BALANCE 1ST WINDOW FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 10A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD SUB FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 10A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

13352

All time

1447

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water5172

Unsanitary Condition4870

Electric1160

General1071

Door/Window465

Plumbing226

Paint/Plaster171

Safety93

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

2293

Noise reports · last 12 mo

191

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1289

Street/Sidewalk859

Unspecified71

Vehicle49

Commercial20

Park4

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

483

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony168

Misdemeanor247

Violation68

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 6 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

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 NONE2024-10-16

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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-07-31

PARTIAL VACATE ORDER OF BOTH COURTYARDS @ EXP#2-S & EXP 3-W DUE TO SEVERELY SPALLING/CRACKED COATING & LOOSE MORTAR JOINTS. DUE TO THESE CONDITIONS BOTH EXP 2-S & 3-W COURTYARDS ARE TO BE VACATED. REMEDY: VACATE BOTH EXPOSURE #2 -SOUTH AND #3-WEST COURTYARD. COURTYARDS TO BE USED IN EMERGENCIES ONLY

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-07-25

EMERGENCY WORK ORDER DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS @ EXPOSURE 1 OBSERVED STEP CRACK AROUND 3RD FLOOR AT PARAPET LEVEL. OBSERVED PARAPET WALL @ EXPOSURE 1 DAMAGED CRACK WINDOW SILLS. REMEDY, IMMEDIATELY REMOVE LOOSE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL NOTED. IMMEDIATE PROVIDE SAFETY MEASURES UNDER DIRECTION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONAL AT EXPOSURE 1

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$3,300

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.

Local LawClass 22025-04-08$2,500 due

UnknownClass 22025-04-01$800 due

ConstructionClass 22024-11-14$1,250 penalty

ConstructionClass 12024-07-25$2,500 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-09-08Apt 31Aresidential

2026-05-05Apt 22Bresidential

2026-02-11Apt 18-Bresidential

2026-02-11Apt 32-Bresidential

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 2025-12-17

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2025-07-21

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2024-11-18

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2024-10-30

Heat / hot water

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

HP 950-957 Woodycrest Ave Housing Development Fund

Head officer

JOSEPH JEMAL

Managing agent

LIVINGSTON MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC

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

10 WEST 132 STREETMANHATTAN 111 WEST 136 STREETMANHATTAN 129 EDGECOMBE AVENUEMANHATTAN 135 EDGECOMBE AVENUEMANHATTAN 136 WEST 136 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2024 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2024-12-05 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2019-07-15 · $4,816,810.19

Sale2024-12-05no recorded price

ICER OF WOODYCREST AVE LLC → HP 950-957 WOODYCREST AVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND

Mortgage2019-07-15$4,816,810.19

borrower ICER OF WOODYCREST AVE LLC · lender CBRE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.

Sale2019-07-12$9,300,000

957 WOODYCREST IS LLC, 957 WOODYCREST JB LLC, 957 WOODYCREST DS LLC → ICER OF WOODYCREST AVE LLC

Sale2017-12-12no recorded price

963 WOODYCREST LLC → 957 WOODYCREST DS LLC, 957 WOODYCREST JB LLC, 957 WOODYCREST IS LLC

Mortgage2015-03-25$2,209,112.63

borrower 963 WOODYCREST AVE LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY 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