946 Leggett Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02685-0050BIN 2005109

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

018 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
026 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing violation(s)

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 16 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2023 — 16

J-51 tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

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

1909

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building100 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

184

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2026-01-30RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4CIssued 2025-07-17

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-11-12RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF PANIC BAR INSTALLED ON ROOF DOOR THAT DOES NOT ALLOW RE-ENTRY FROM ROOF TO BULKHEAD AT 4TH STORY AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2024-02-12

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... EVIDENCE OF MOLD AT CEILING (APPROX 15 SQ.FT) IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 16523091 ISSUED 11-DEC-23 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

145

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water48

Unsanitary Condition39

Paint/Plaster12

Water Leak10

General9

Plumbing9

Electric8

Door/Window6

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

659

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential300

Street/Sidewalk158

Vehicle109

Commercial67

Unspecified22

House of Worship3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

392

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony116

Misdemeanor186

Violation90

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-08-02Apt 4-Cresidential

2017-01-11Apt 1-Cresidential

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 2025-05-09

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-12-19

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2013-08-08

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2012-07-24

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ST ANN'S APARTMENTS LLC

Head officer

JOSEPH ZITOLO

Managing agent

LEMLE & WOLFF, INC

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

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Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2019-09-06 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2019-09-06 · $6,651,456

Mortgage2019-09-06$6,651,456

borrower ST. ANN'S APARTMENTS LLC, ST. ANN'S PORTFOLIO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage2019-09-06$1,000,000

borrower ST. ANN'S PORTFOLIO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP, ST. ANN'S APARTMENTS LLC · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Mortgage2019-09-06$3,183,357

borrower ST. ANN'S PORTFOLIO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP, ST. ANN'S APARTMENTS LLC · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Sale2019-09-06no recorded price

ST. ANN'S APARTMENTS LLC → ST. ANN'S PORTFOLIO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP

Mortgage2019-09-06$738,544

borrower ST. ANN'S PORTFOLIO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORP, ST. ANN'S APARTMENTS LLC · lender NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

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

Flagged for the 2021 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 90-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2021

Most recent

90-day noticeincl. property tax2021-09-13

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale