# 961 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2027150001/961-westchester-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2027150001 · BIN 2129169 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 24 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing 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: on the DHCR 2024 registered building list.
Receives the 421-a tax benefit; stabilization tied to 421-a generally ends when the benefit does.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2023, 8 floors, 47 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

5 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 4, class A non-hazardous: 0); 14 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 19 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

7 in the last 12 months; 14 on record.
Most common: DOOR/WINDOW (3), UNSANITARY CONDITION (3), APPLIANCE (2), PLUMBING (2), HEAT/HOT WATER (2).

## Bedbugs

3 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)

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

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2021 (10-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: KELLY RESIDENCE LLC
- Agent: ABE FIXLER
- HeadOfficer: MOSES FREUND

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (MOSES FREUND at 1369 65th 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/2027150001/961-westchester-avenue-bronx