931 Avenue St John

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02686-0006BIN 2005123

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
047 active DOB violation(s)
05$12,500 in unpaid DOB fines

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

2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8

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

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building29 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

152

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 1AIssued 2024-12-31

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

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2024-11-04

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

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2024-10-16

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

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

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-13

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROVIDE UNLOCKABLE SLIDE BOLT OR HOOK AND EYE AT DOOR TO ROOF THAT ALLOWS RE-ENTRY FROM ROOF TO PUBLIC HALL AT 1st PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Water Leak18

Unsanitary Condition14

Flooring/Stairs7

Plumbing6

Paint/Plaster4

Heat/Hot Water2

General2

Door/Window1

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

676

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential310

Street/Sidewalk162

Vehicle112

Commercial68

Unspecified21

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

444

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony146

Misdemeanor215

Violation83

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 6 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 OPTIONAL2025-11-14

BUILDING HAS BEEN OBSERVED HAVING SPECIAL INSPECTOR RAFI HAMID REMOVED FROM APPLICATION X01048572-I1 DUE TO SURRENDERING OF FILING PRIVILEGES. NEW SPECIAL INSPECTOR MUST SUPERSEDE PREVIOUS INSPECTOR TO PREVENT REVOCATION OF THE PERMIT FOR THIS JOB.

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2024-11-26

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2025-12-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2022-10-14

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2011-02-10

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

331 EAST 146TH STREET HDFC

Head officer

HOPE BURGESS

Managing agent

Banana Kelly CIA Inc.

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

1084 HOME STREETBRONX 1086 KELLY STREETBRONX 1100 WEST FARMS ROADBRONX 1111 HOE AVENUEBRONX 1111 WESTCHESTER AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$12,500

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.

ConstructionClass 22026-02-26$1,250 due

ConstructionClass 12024-09-23$1,250 due

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2011-07-05 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1993-02-02 · $1,190,390

Sale2011-07-05no recorded price

HARRY DERIENZO HOUSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP → 331 EAST 146TH STREET HDFC

Mortgage1993-02-02$1,190,390

borrower DERIENZO, HARRY · lender CITY OF NEW YORK/HPD

Sale1992-12-23no recorded price

CITY OF NEW YORK → HARRY DERIENZO HOUSES/ET

Sale1990-06-12no recorded price

COMMISSIONER/FINANCE/NYC → CITY OF NEW YORK

Mortgage1984-01-23$4,875

borrower BLANCO, HUMBERTO, PATTERSON, TORGE · lender CITY OF NEW YORK

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