1899 Belmont Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-02947-0035BIN 2009913

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 27 apartments
021 of those issued 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 27 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 27 apartments.

2018 — 27 units registered2023 — 27

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1922

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 6 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 building28 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

254

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 5DIssued 2025-05-23

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5D, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1CIssued 2025-11-25

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1C, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18106039 ISSUED 23-JUL-25 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1CIssued 2025-11-21

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT THE CEILING LESS THAN 10 SQ FT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1C, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18106128 ISSUED 23-JUL-25 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2EIssued 2025-08-14

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2E, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

204

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water55

Unsanitary Condition39

Paint/Plaster24

Plumbing22

Water Leak19

Door/Window14

General11

Electric7

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

961

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk475

Residential381

Vehicle50

Commercial28

Unspecified20

House of Worship5

Park2

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

464

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony173

Misdemeanor207

Violation84

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

Re-infestation reported

2024–20252 infested · 2 eradicated · 1 re-infested

2023–20242 infested · 2 eradicated · 2 re-infested

2022–20233 infested · 3 eradicated · 1 re-infested

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2025-07-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-06-28

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

West Farms Preservation LLC

Head officer

Rick Gropper

Managing agent

Dolphin Property Services LLC

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

104 WEST 144 STREETMANHATTAN 106 WEST 144 STREETMANHATTAN 107 WEST 109 STREETMANHATTAN 108 WEST 144 STREETMANHATTAN 11 WEST 118 STREETMANHATTAN

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 sale2018-12-21 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2018-12-21 · $56,250,000

Sale2018-12-21no recorded price

BSP 1899 BELMONT 1 LLC, BSP 1899 BELMONT 2 LLC → WEST FARMS PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND

Mortgage2018-12-21$56,250,000

borrower WEST FARMS PRESERVATION LLC, WEST FARMS PRESERVATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2016-06-08$590,000

borrower BSP 1899 BELMONT 1 LLC, BSP 1899 BELMONT 2 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2015-07-08$3,900,000

BELARTES ASSOCIATES, L.P. → BSP 1899 BELMONT 1 LLC, BSP 1899 BELMONT 2 LLC

Mortgage2015-07-08$2,750,000

borrower BELARTES ASSOCIATES, L.P. · lender SIGNATURE 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