# 444 East 187 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2030400007/444-east-187-street-bronx).
BBL 2030400007 · BIN 2011392 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 53 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 28 apartments
- 39 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 5 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 34 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 2026-02-02.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 27 stabilized units for 2018, of about 28 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1926, 5 floors, 28 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

128 open (class C immediately hazardous: 53, class B hazardous: 59, class A non-hazardous: 15); 674 on record.
39 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
5 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

34 active (4 issued in the last 3 years); 40 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

57 in the last 12 months; 272 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (45), FLOORING/STAIRS (36), HEAT/HOT WATER (35), PLUMBING (34), UNSANITARY CONDITION (33).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

9 cases on record, 0 open, 8 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Bronx 444 East 187 ST L.P.
- SiteManager: JOSEPH CAFIERO
- HeadOfficer: William Forero
- Agent: CAM Property MGMT

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (William Forero at 60 Center Street).

## 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/2030400007/444-east-187-street-bronx