# 499 East 188 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2030580041/499-east-188-street-bronx).
BBL 2030580041 · BIN 2127594 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 72 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 40 apartments
- 65 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 27 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 7 active DOB violation(s)
- 5 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 2025-01-31.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 40 stabilized units for 2023, of about 40 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 40, 2019: 40, 2020: 40, 2021: 40, 2023: 40.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2012, 9 floors, 40 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

402 open (class C immediately hazardous: 72, class B hazardous: 284, class A non-hazardous: 45); 718 on record.
65 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
27 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

7 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 20 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 18 on record; 0 decided by default; $3,750 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

85 in the last 12 months; 421 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (79), PLUMBING (69), WATER LEAK (52), UNSANITARY CONDITION (42), PAINT/PLASTER (41).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

5 executed in the last 3 years; 9 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

8 cases on record, 0 open, 7 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- Agent: PILLAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC
- SiteManager: BRIE SESSION
- HeadOfficer: KIUMARZ GEULA
- CorporateOwner: BRONX NY EAST 188TH STREET APARTMENTS, L.P.
- Officer: DALIANA SANTIAGO

The same owner is linked to 38 other buildings (KIUMARZ GEULA at 3251 THIRD AVENUE).

## 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/2030580041/499-east-188-street-bronx