820 East 168 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02681-0022BIN 2005049

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0163 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 15 apartments
0247 of those issued in the last 3 years
0323 open rent-impairing violation(s)
043 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction executed in the last 3 years
062 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 14 stabilized units with New York State for 2021 — of about 15 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1904

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building13 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

212

Open now

287

On record

Open Class C

104

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 2026-09-18RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING MISSING EAST HANDRAIL AT 1ST STORY BALCONY AT FIRE ESCAPE AT NORTH EXTERIOR WALL AT FIRE ESCAPE

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2026-09-17

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5AIssued 2026-09-14

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER EXCEEDING 130 DEGREES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3CIssued 2026-09-14

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

149

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water110

Door/Window8

Plumbing8

Unsanitary Condition6

Water Leak5

General3

Electric3

Paint/Plaster2

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

1171

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential541

Street/Sidewalk406

Commercial118

Vehicle59

Unspecified37

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

417

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony133

Misdemeanor205

Violation79

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 2 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 OPTIONAL2025-07-11

AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED ABOVE ENTRANCE DOOR BALCONY HAVE CRACK, AT EXP#1 ABOVE 3RD FLOOR WINDOW ORNAMENTAL STONE MISSING STONE COLLAPSE ON FIRE ESCAPE, AT EXP#1 AND 2 MISSING MORTAR JOINTS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ,AT EXP#3 STUCCO MISSING, AT EXP# FACADE HAVE 4 CRACK. ENGINEERS REPORT REQUEST FOR ENTIRE BUILDING FACADE.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-07-02Apt 5Cresidential

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 2025-07-30

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2023-08-08

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-05-03

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2019-04-23

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

820 EAST 168 STREET LLC

Head officer

SIMEON FARBER

Managing agent

SIMEON FARBER

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

14 SCOTT A GADELL PLACEQUEENS 16 SCOTT A GADELL PLACEQUEENS 18 SCOTT A GADELL PLACEQUEENS 20 SCOTT A GADELL PLACEQUEENS 224 EAST TREMONT AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$51,250

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.

DEFAULTConstructionClass 22026-04-24$6,250 due

DEFAULTConstructionClass 12026-04-24$25,000 due

ConstructionClass 12025-07-18$12,500 due

ConstructionClass 12025-07-11$5,000 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2017-05-24 · $1,881,998.95

Most recent mortgage2017-05-24 · $7,200,000

Mortgage2017-05-24$7,200,000

borrower 1315 PROSPECT AVE LLC, 827 HOME STREET LLC, 831 HOME STREET LLC, 820 EAST 168TH STREET LLC, 823 HOME STREET LLC · lender SANTANDER BANK N.A.

Sale2017-05-24$1,881,998.95

PROSPECT ASSOCIATES LP → 820 EAST 168TH STREET LLC

Mortgage1992-09-16$1,242,000

borrower PROSPECT ASSOCIATES,L.P. · lender COMMUNITY PRSRVTN CORP

Mortgage1992-09-16$3,562,000

borrower PROSPECT ASSOCIATES · lender COMMUNITY PRSRVTN CORP

Sale1992-06-16no recorded price

CITY OF NEW YORK → PROSPECT ASSOCIATES,L.P.

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