# 161 East 179 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2028080062/161-east-179-street-bronx).
BBL 2028080062 · BIN 2007689 · Generated 2026-10-25

## Concern level: high

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 21 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 active DOB 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 84 stabilized units for 2023, of about 83 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 84, 2019: 84, 2020: 84, 2021: 84, 2022: 84, 2023: 84.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1939, 6 floors, 83 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

10 open (class C immediately hazardous: 4, class B hazardous: 5, class A non-hazardous: 1); 823 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

4 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 65 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

15 active of 99 on record; 0 decided by default; $625 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

25 in the last 12 months; 609 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (388), PLUMBING (110), DOOR/WINDOW (22), UNSANITARY CONDITION (22), GENERAL (16).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

5 executed in the last 3 years; 12 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

19 cases on record, 0 open, 16 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: V&S 179 LLC
- Agent: VED PARKASH
- HeadOfficer: VED PARKASH
- SiteManager: EDDIE TORO

The same owner is linked to 32 other buildings (VED PARKASH at 172-14 89 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/2028080062/161-east-179-street-bronx