561 East 187 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-03056-0027BIN 2011722Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

019 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)
031 active DOB violation(s)
041 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 OATH/ECB 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 35 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 35 apartments.

2018 — 35 units registered2023 — 35

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

1915

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade C — below average

ENERGY STAR score 67 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 building8 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

189

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 25Issued 2021-10-123 violations5+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 25, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH · Notice issued, not yet certified
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 25, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH · Notice issued, not yet certified

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT EAST WALL APPROX 10 SQ FT, CEILING APPROX 10 SQ FT,AND NORTH WALL APPROX 5 SQ FT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 25, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 14466313 ISSUED 27-JUL-21 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b). · Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 25Issued 2021-07-292 violations5+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 25, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 25, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 25Issued 2020-11-093 violations5+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 25, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 25, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2037, 2038 HMC: PROVIDE A SAFE AND ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE FIXTURES THROUGHOUT ALL ROOMS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 25, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 22Issued 2019-08-275+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILINGH IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 22, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water18

General8

Unsanitary Condition5

Appliance5

Water Leak3

Electric3

Paint/Plaster2

Plumbing1

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

1492

Noise reports · last 12 mo

124

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential861

Street/Sidewalk388

Commercial155

Vehicle59

Unspecified26

Park3

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

451

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony158

Misdemeanor213

Violation80

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

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2014-05-15

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-10-16Apt 22residential

2018-12-18Apt 7residential

2017-06-21Apt 14residential

2017-02-24Apt 3residential

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: repair & harassment cases

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 2022-04-25

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2019-09-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-08-16

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2017-03-31

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

561 EAST 187TH STREET LLC

Head officer

LEONARDO PRAINITO

Managing agent

BX REALTY MGMT INC

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

25-28 42 STREETQUEENS 2604 BAINBRIDGE AVENUEBRONX 27-23 27 STREETQUEENS 32-52 41 STREETQUEENS 34-11 34 AVENUEQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-04-27 · $2,625,000

Most recent mortgage2022-02-16 · $2,230,943.51

Mortgage2022-02-16$2,230,943.51

borrower 561 EAST 187TH STREET LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2012-04-27$1,739,832.78

borrower 561 EAST 187TH STREET LLC · lender GREYSTONE SERVICING CORPORATION, INC.

Sale2012-04-27$2,625,000

POGGIO DARPI CORP. → 561 EAST 187TH STREET LLC

Mortgage2003-12-04$650,000

borrower POGGIO DARPI CORP · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNTIY BANK

Mortgage1986-01-27$27,860

borrower POGGIO DARPI CORP. · lender NYC-HPD

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