# 1421 University Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2025330084/1421-university-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2025330084 · BIN 2003544 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: moderate

- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 7 open HPD violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

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 20 stabilized units for 2023, of about 20 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 20, 2019: 20, 2020: 20, 2021: 20, 2022: 20, 2023: 20.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1912, 5 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

7 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 7, class A non-hazardous: 0); 41 on record.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 0 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 16 on record.
Most common: WATER LEAK (4), UNSANITARY CONDITION (3), PAINT/PLASTER (2), HEAT/HOT WATER (2), APPLIANCE (1).

## Bedbugs

7 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units. A filing has reported re-infestation.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- Agent: HIGHBRIDGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP
- HeadOfficer: KOBINA ARHIN
- Officer: MARTIN RIVERA
- SiteManager: ROQUE HENRIQUEZ
- CorporateOwner: Highbridge Rising HDFC

The same owner is linked to 39 other buildings (KOBINA ARHIN at 1465 NELSON AVE).

## 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/2025330084/1421-university-avenue-bronx