# 553 East 188 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2030580070/553-east-188-street-bronx).
BBL 2030580070 · BIN 2011778 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 23 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 15 apartments
- 22 of those issued 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

Previously on AEP, discharged 2025-07-09.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 14 stabilized units for 2018, of about 15 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 1912, 5 floors, 15 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

60 open (class C immediately hazardous: 23, class B hazardous: 23, class A non-hazardous: 13); 473 on record.
22 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 11 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

30 in the last 12 months; 154 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (77), DOOR/WINDOW (21), HEAT/HOT WATER (18), PAINT/PLASTER (13), WATER LEAK (11).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

5 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: LORILLARD 188 LLC
- Agent: BELMONT REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: PASQUALE PERRETTA
- Officer: MICHAEL PERRETTA
- SiteManager: JULIO PENA

The same owner is linked to 11 other buildings (PASQUALE PERRETTA at 1933 WILLIAMSBRIDGE RD).

## 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/2030580070/553-east-188-street-bronx