518 East 187 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-03055-0058BIN 2011704

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

019 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 16 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 evictions 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.

HPD enforcement

Previously in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 9), discharged 2016-06-28.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 14 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.

2018 — 14 units registered2023 — 14

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building36 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

717

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-14

§ 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 LOCK AND ASSEMBLIES AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR STREET TO VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-29

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BROKEN GLASS ON BULLETIN BOARD AT SOUTH WALL IN THE VESTIBULE PUBLIC HALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 8Issued 2025-07-31

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQFT AT CEILING, SOUTH WALL AND EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 8, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 17580334 ISSUED 26-DEC-24 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 11Issued 2022-11-17

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 15 SQ FT AT WEST WALL, CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 11, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 13247835 ISSUED 26-AUG-19 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition47

Plumbing11

Paint/Plaster10

Door/Window8

Heat/Hot Water5

Appliance4

General3

Flooring/Stairs3

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

2095

Noise reports · last 12 mo

175

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1029

Street/Sidewalk811

Vehicle142

Commercial82

Unspecified31

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

543

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony196

Misdemeanor270

Violation77

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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-07-08Apt 3residential

2024-10-10Apt 14residential

2023-10-10Apt 1residential

2018-07-24Apt 9residential

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 2022-07-01

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2018-05-07

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2015-07-24

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2014-01-09

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

518 E. 187TH ST. BRONX LLC.

Head officer

RICK HERMAN

Managing agent

JLP METRO MANAGEMENT INC.

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

1024 WALTON AVENUEBRONX 1126 EVERGREEN AVENUEBRONX 1225 SHERMAN AVENUEBRONX 1226 SHERMAN AVENUEBRONX 1236 GRAND CONCOURSEBRONX

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

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2025 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2025-08-27 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-07-13 · $681,833.88

Sale2025-08-27no recorded price

518 E. 187TH ST. BRONX LLC → HP CSP GF1 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, INC.

Sale2016-07-13$2,125,000

TRIO BRONX INC. → 518 E. 187TH ST. BRONX LLC

Mortgage2016-07-13$681,833.88

borrower 518 E. 187TH ST. BRONX LLC · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2015-08-31$300,000

borrower TRIO BRONX INC. · lender MEERCEDO EQUITIES, LLC

Mortgage2008-07-11$252,775.6

borrower TRIO BRONX INC · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS 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