227 East 178 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02811-0007BIN 2007734

Concern level3 of 4

High

0119 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
038 open rent-impairing violation(s)
044 active DOB violation(s)
052 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 43 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 48 apartments.

2018 — 42 units registered2023 — 43

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1921

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 21 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.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

456

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 HAZARDOUSApt 1BEIssued 2025-01-23

§ 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 WINDOW FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1BE, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2AWIssued 2024-12-06

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2AW, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''AW-DW'', AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-10-17

§ 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 VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4DWIssued 2024-08-08

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... MORE THAN 30 SQFT AT THE CEILING AND WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4DW, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

306

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water105

Unsanitary Condition47

Paint/Plaster40

Plumbing35

Door/Window22

Flooring/Stairs20

Water Leak15

General6

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

3545

Noise reports · last 12 mo

295

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential2095

Street/Sidewalk1234

Vehicle139

Commercial46

Unspecified26

Park4

House of Worship1

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

1473

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

123

≈ per month

Felony423

Misdemeanor857

Violation193

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 6 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

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-04-29

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2019-05-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-02-05Apt 5DEresidential

2024-02-15Apt 1AEresidential

2023-07-12Apt APT 3CWresidential

2018-04-23Apt 2AWresidential

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

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 2024-09-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2021-01-07

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2020-01-28

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2019-08-15

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

227 E 178 REALTY CO LLC

Head officer

IRVING LOW

Managing agent

227 E 178 REALTY CO LLC

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-04-14 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2026-07-29 · $4,000,000

Mortgage2026-07-29$4,000,000

borrower EAST 179 HOLDINGS LLC, · lender ICE LENDER HOLDINGS, LLC

Mortgage2026-07-29$8,500,000

borrower EAST 179 HOLDINGS LLC, · lender ICE LENDER HOLDINGS, LLC

Mortgage2019-12-10$541,557.4

borrower 227 E 178 REALTY CO. LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2015-03-26$378,351.66

borrower 227 E 178 REALY CO. LLC · lender ASTORIA BANK

Mortgage2012-08-28$484,216.98

borrower 227 E 178 REALTY CO. LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

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