# 1975 La Fontaine Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2030600045/1975-la-fontaine-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2030600045 · BIN 2011827 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 26 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 50 apartments
- 8 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 13 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 9 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 2 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 46 stabilized units for 2023, of about 50 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 46, 2019: 46, 2020: 46, 2021: 46, 2022: 46, 2023: 46.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1923, 5 floors, 50 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

89 open (class C immediately hazardous: 26, class B hazardous: 43, class A non-hazardous: 20); 372 on record.
8 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
13 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

9 active (5 issued in the last 3 years); 12 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

7 active of 23 on record; 2 decided by default; $9,375 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

18 in the last 12 months; 133 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (28), HEAT/HOT WATER (25), PAINT/PLASTER (17), PLUMBING (14), FLOORING/STAIRS (11).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 7 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 6 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 1975 Lafontaine Partners LLC`
- SiteManager: Alfred Kokaj
- Agent: Alfred Kokaj
- Officer: Francesk Shllaku
- HeadOfficer: Eduart Shllaku

The same owner is linked to 18 other buildings (Eduart Shllaku at 1178 East 180th Street).

## 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/2030600045/1975-la-fontaine-avenue-bronx