# 592 Union Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2026740027/592-union-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2026740027 · BIN 2004901 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 16 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 16 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 5 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 42 stabilized units for 2020, of about 43 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 42, 2020: 42.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1926, 6 floors, 43 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

42 open (class C immediately hazardous: 16, class B hazardous: 25, class A non-hazardous: 1); 1,345 on record.
16 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 22 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 6 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

32 in the last 12 months; 294 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (60), PAINT/PLASTER (45), UNSANITARY CONDITION (41), PLUMBING (35), WATER LEAK (33).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

5 executed in the last 3 years; 13 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

28 cases on record, 0 open, 21 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 592-596 UNION AVENUE LLC
- Agent: 592-592 UNION AVENUE LLC
- HeadOfficer: JOSEPH FESSEL
- SiteManager: JOSEPH FESSEL

The same owner is linked to 12 other buildings (JOSEPH FESSEL at 1454 43RD 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/2026740027/592-union-avenue-bronx