# 1515 Selwyn Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2028190051/1515-selwyn-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2028190051 · BIN 2007821 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 37 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 48 apartments
- 6 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 12 active DOB violation(s)
- Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress
- 7 evictions executed in the last 3 years
- 20 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 2019-01-31.

## Rent stabilization

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1928, 6 floors, 48 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

101 open (class C immediately hazardous: 37, class B hazardous: 52, class A non-hazardous: 11); 1,923 on record.
6 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

12 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 30 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

41 active of 114 on record; 20 decided by default; $110,492 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

14 in the last 12 months; 1,513 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (302), PLUMBING (257), UNSANITARY CONDITION (215), GENERAL (135), SAFETY (124).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

38 cases on record, 0 open, 21 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

The tax lien was sold at the city's lien sale in 2021.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 34 LYNCREST LLC
- Agent: MARC KATZ
- HeadOfficer: MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN
- SiteManager: MARC KATZ

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN at 3900 12TH 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/2028190051/1515-selwyn-avenue-bronx