1707 Topping Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02791-0044BIN 2007349Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
02126 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 32 apartments
03108 of those issued in the last 3 years
0437 open rent-impairing violation(s)
052 active DOB violation(s)
061 eviction executed in the last 3 years
073 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 OATH/ECB 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.

HPD enforcement

On the Alternative Enforcement Program

HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 18), active since 2025-01-31. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 809 open B/C violations at selection.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 31 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 32 apartments.

2018 — 31 units registered2023 — 31

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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The building

1924

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade B — above average

ENERGY STAR score 75 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

This building and the landlord's others

This building91 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

412

Open now

950

On record

126

Open Class C

215

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6EIssued 2026-09-24

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 30 SQFT AT CEILING, NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST WALLS, AND BASEBOARDS, AND CLOSET IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6E, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2026-09-16

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOODEN FLOOR IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6EIssued 2026-09-162 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6E, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 35 SQ FT AT CEILING, EAST WALL, SOUTH WALL, WEST WALL AND NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6E, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

430

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water251

Unsanitary Condition45

Plumbing28

Paint/Plaster27

General18

Water Leak16

Flooring/Stairs12

Appliance12

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1293

Noise reports · last 12 mo

108

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential578

Street/Sidewalk514

Commercial103

Vehicle64

Unspecified31

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

578

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony201

Misdemeanor275

Violation102

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

2021–20221 infested · 1 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-10-17

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING: THE FACADE IS DEFECTIVE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AT TIME OF INSPECTION

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2019-10-17

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

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$18,125

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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 22025-06-18$3,125 due

UnknownClass 22025-06-06$1,250 due

UnknownClass 22024-10-24$1,250 penalty

ConstructionClass 22024-10-17$1,250 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-01-24Apt 5Cresidential

2023-08-22Apt 1Bresidential

2023-08-02Apt 5-Aresidential

2019-10-30Apt 6Aresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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.

CLOSED

Comp Supplemental Cases

CLOSEDOpened 2026-08-07

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2026-07-07

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2020-12-08

Comprehensive

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

Promesa HDFC

Head officer

Madelyn Lugo

Managing agent

Promesa HDFC

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

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1992-12-08 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2014-06-24 · $2,110,152

Mortgage2014-06-24$2,110,152

borrower THE PROMESA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION · lender THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Mortgage1993-01-22$4,990,149

borrower PROMESA HOUSING DEVFUND · lender CITY OF NEW YORK/HPD

Sale1992-12-08no recorded price

CITY OF NEW YORK → PROMESA HSNG DEVELOPFND

Sale1978-08-08no recorded price

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Sale1976-06-29no recorded price

GROSSMAN SIDNEY → WORLDWIDE WATERSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP

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

Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 30-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

30-day noticeincl. property tax2025-04-01

60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01

90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale