# 1355 Morris Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2028160045/1355-morris-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2028160045 · BIN 2007793 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 14 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 9 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 4 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 45 stabilized units for 2023, of about 45 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 44, 2019: 44, 2020: 45, 2021: 45, 2022: 45, 2023: 45.
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, 5 floors, 45 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

22 open (class C immediately hazardous: 14, class B hazardous: 5, class A non-hazardous: 3); 561 on record.
9 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 3 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

20 in the last 12 months; 225 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (41), HEAT/HOT WATER (35), PLUMBING (30), APPLIANCE (25), PAINT/PLASTER (25).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

4 executed in the last 3 years; 9 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

11 cases on record, 0 open, 8 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- Agent: Josh Spitzer
- SiteManager: Josh Spitzer
- CorporateOwner: 1355 Morris Ave. LLC
- HeadOfficer: Rick Herman

The same owner is linked to 66 other buildings (Rick Herman at 261 Lenox Road OFFICE).

## 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/2028160045/1355-morris-avenue-bronx