944 Aldus Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02742-0039BIN 2006012

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0117 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 16 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 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 2022 — essentially all of the building's 16 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2022 — 16

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1912

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

120

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-03

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCH AT DOOR DOOR LEADING TO REAR YARD AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5BIssued 2014-11-215+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY ?11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5BIssued 2014-11-215+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY ?11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, EAST WALL, WEST WALL, 1st WALL CABINET FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5BIssued 2014-11-215+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY ?11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, EAST WALL, WEST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition4

Paint/Plaster4

Plumbing3

Heat/Hot Water2

Water Leak1

Flooring/Stairs1

Safety1

Electric1

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

621

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential321

Street/Sidewalk239

Commercial20

Vehicle17

Unspecified16

Park8

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

807

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony218

Misdemeanor475

Violation114

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 5 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

No active DOB violations.

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 2015-04-27

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2013-02-13

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

944 Aldus Street Corp.

Head officer

Samara Nightwine

Managing agent

Samara Nightwine

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

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.

UnknownClass 22014-06-16$800 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1981-09-15 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1981-09-15 · no recorded price

Sale1981-09-15no recorded price

KAUPMAN JULIUS, KAUPMAN MELVIN → 944 ALDUS STREET CORP

Mortgage1981-09-15no recorded price

borrower 944 ADDRESS STREET CORP · lender MELVIN KAUFMAN, JULIUS KAUFMAN

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