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553 East 188 Street

Bronx, NY
BBL 2-03058-0070BIN 2011778Plain-text version
Concern level4 of 4
Severe

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.

HPD enforcement

Previously in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 16), discharged 2025-07-09.

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Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 14 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — of about 15 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building
1912
Built
5
Floors
15
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
This building and the landlord's others
This building11 others linked to the same owner
HPD housing-maintenance violations
311 complaints from tenants
Neighborhood noise
Neighborhood crime
Bedbug history
0
Infested, latest filing
3
Annual filings
2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated
2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated
2020–20211 infested · 1 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

DOB building violations
OATH/ECB violations and fines
Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Housing court
Landlord and related buildings
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.