# 1707 Topping Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2027910044/1707-topping-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2027910044 · BIN 2007349 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

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

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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Currently on AEP, the city's most-distressed-buildings program, since 2025-01-31.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 31 stabilized units for 2023, of about 32 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 31, 2019: 31, 2020: 31, 2021: 31, 2022: 62, 2023: 31.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1924, 6 floors, 32 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

412 open (class C immediately hazardous: 126, class B hazardous: 215, class A non-hazardous: 70); 950 on record.
108 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
37 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 15 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

14 active of 20 on record; 3 decided by default; $18,125 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

63 in the last 12 months; 430 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (251), UNSANITARY CONDITION (45), PLUMBING (28), PAINT/PLASTER (27), GENERAL (18).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 6 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

13 cases on record, 0 open, 11 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (30-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Promesa HDFC
- Agent: Promesa HDFC
- HeadOfficer: Madelyn Lugo
- Officer: Nancy Garcia
- SiteManager: Nancy Garcia

The same owner is linked to 91 other buildings (Madelyn Lugo at 920 Prospect Avenue).

## 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/2027910044/1707-topping-avenue-bronx