# 861 East 163 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2026900173/861-east-163-street-bronx).
BBL 2026900173 · BIN 2109536 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 28 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 28 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 9 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 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 75 stabilized units for 2023, of about 74 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 75, 2019: 75, 2020: 75, 2021: 75, 2023: 75.
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, 8 floors, 74 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

115 open (class C immediately hazardous: 28, class B hazardous: 68, class A non-hazardous: 19); 577 on record.
28 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
9 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 35 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 14 on record; 0 decided by default; $1,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

82 in the last 12 months; 358 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (116), UNSANITARY CONDITION (78), PLUMBING (34), DOOR/WINDOW (24), APPLIANCE (24).

## Bedbugs

9 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units. A filing has reported re-infestation.

## Evictions

5 executed in the last 3 years; 15 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

9 cases on record, 0 open, 9 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: REV POLITE AVE ASSOC LP
- Agent: THE WAVECREST MGMT GROUP
- HeadOfficer: PETER FINE
- SiteManager: CHRISTINA PIMENTEL

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (PETER FINE at 450 WEST 14 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/2026900173/861-east-163-street-bronx