# 973 Rev James Polite Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2026900147/973-rev-james-polite-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2026900147 · BIN 2113134 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 active DOB violation(s)

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 22 stabilized units for 2023, of about 22 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 22, 2019: 22, 2020: 22, 2021: 22, 2022: 22, 2023: 22.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2004, 7 floors, 22 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

41 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 26, class A non-hazardous: 12); 174 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

4 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 10 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 14 on record; 0 decided by default; $36 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

30 in the last 12 months; 142 on record.
Most common: DOOR/WINDOW (27), PLUMBING (26), PAINT/PLASTER (20), GENERAL (19), APPLIANCE (16).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: VIP RJP Associates, LP
- Agent: SHINDA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
- HeadOfficer: DEBBIAN FLETCHER
- Officer: FRANK KPLOANYI

The same owner is linked to 16 other buildings (DEBBIAN FLETCHER at 221-10 JAMAICA AVE, 3RD FL).

## 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/2026900147/973-rev-james-polite-avenue-bronx