1818 Clay Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02891-0061BIN 2009360

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0124 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 24 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
047 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction 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 24 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 24 apartments.

2019 — 24 units registered2023 — 24

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1937

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building77 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

637

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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

771 (I) §27-2096 HMC: PROPERTY REGISTRATION WAS FILED WITH FALSE OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PROPERTY CONTACTS. FILE WITH THIS DEPARTMENT A TRUE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE BUILDING.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-07-06

§ 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 BULKHEAD DOOR AT 1st PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4BIssued 2024-03-04

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2024-02-20

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

234

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster41

Heat/Hot Water36

Unsanitary Condition32

Plumbing31

Electric27

Door/Window21

Water Leak18

Appliance11

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

3508

Noise reports · last 12 mo

292

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1934

Street/Sidewalk1306

Commercial129

Vehicle111

Unspecified27

Park1

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

1111

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony379

Misdemeanor588

Violation144

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 8 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 · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2024-02-22

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9C TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2024

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2022-03-29

EMERGENCY WORK ORDER DUE TO CRACK IN BRICK MASONRY. OPEN/DAMAGED MORTAR JOINT AND BULGING. BRICK MASONRY RIGHT HAND SIDE BELOW THE PARAPET LEVEL. REMEDY: IMMED PROVIDE SAFETY MEASURES AT EXP 1 TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND PROPERTY

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-10-29

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-08-07Apt 2Cresidential

2020-01-14Apt 2Cresidential

2018-06-14Apt 3Aresidential

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 2026-01-12

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-09-07

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2023-07-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-07-31

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

1818 CLAY LLC

Head officer

DAVID TENNENBAUM

Managing agent

DAVID TENNENBAUM

77 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

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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.

Local LawClass 22025-04-08$6,250 penalty

Local LawClass 22022-10-19$1,250 penalty

Local LawClass 22020-02-13$1,250 penalty

ConstructionClass 32019-05-28$500 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2022-04-27 · $3,925,000

Most recent mortgage2022-04-27 · $415,831.54

Mortgage2022-04-27$415,831.54

borrower 1818 CLAY LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Sale2022-04-27$3,925,000

LUBEN PROPERTIES LLC → 1818 CLAY LLC

Mortgage2017-06-27$697,145.95

borrower LUBEN PROPERTIES LLC · lender PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK

Mortgage2016-02-29$425,000

borrower LUBEN PROPERTIES LLC · lender ASTORIA BANK

Sale2014-05-02$2,400,000

CLAY 1818 PARTNERS L.P. → LUBEN PROPERTIES LLC

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