# 899 East 169 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2029730041/899-east-169-street-bronx).
BBL 2029730041 · BIN 2010448 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 5 evictions executed in the last 3 years
- $9,100 in unpaid OATH/ECB fines

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 34 stabilized units for 2023, of about 34 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 34, 2019: 34, 2020: 34, 2021: 34, 2022: 34, 2023: 34.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 5 floors, 34 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

31 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 18, class A non-hazardous: 5); 332 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 17 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

7 active of 40 on record; 0 decided by default; $9,100 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

23 in the last 12 months; 122 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (25), UNSANITARY CONDITION (22), WATER LEAK (14), HEAT/HOT WATER (14), APPLIANCE (10).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

5 executed in the last 3 years; 14 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: Rick Herman
- CorporateOwner: 899 E. 169th St. LLC
- Agent: Josh Spitzer
- SiteManager: Josh Spitzer

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/2029730041/899-east-169-street-bronx