# 1970 University Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2028680123/1970-university-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2028680123 · BIN 2008552 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 42 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 11 apartments
- 35 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 6 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 7 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 5 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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 15 stabilized units for 2023, of about 11 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2022: 15, 2023: 15.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1914, 5 floors, 11 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

125 open (class C immediately hazardous: 42, class B hazardous: 72, class A non-hazardous: 11); 1,450 on record.
35 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
6 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

7 active of 11 on record; 5 decided by default; $63,875 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

47 in the last 12 months; 348 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (81), DOOR/WINDOW (57), HEAT/HOT WATER (52), WATER LEAK (33), PAINT/PLASTER (29).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

21 cases on record, 0 open, 13 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), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: SANTOS NAJARO
- Agent: ROBERT RODFAR
- CorporateOwner: 1970 UNIVERSITY LLC

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (SANTOS NAJARO at 66 MINEOLA AVE).

## 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/2028680123/1970-university-avenue-bronx