# 578 East 163 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2026200027/578-east-163-street-bronx).
BBL 2026200027 · BIN 2004377 · Generated 2026-10-25

## Concern level: severe

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 6 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 evictions 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 16 stabilized units for 2023, of about 16 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 16, 2019: 16, 2020: 16, 2021: 16, 2022: 32, 2023: 16.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1908, 6 floors, 16 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

32 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 17, class A non-hazardous: 7); 152 on record.
6 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

3 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 7 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

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

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

5 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- Agent: MARSHALL COURT HDFC
- CorporateOwner: MARSHALL COURT HDFC
- HeadOfficer: PAUL MOORE
- SiteManager: JOSEPH VARELA

The same owner is linked to 15 other buildings (PAUL MOORE at 542 MAIN 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/2026200027/578-east-163-street-bronx