# 693 East 189 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2030910095/693-east-189-street-bronx).
BBL 2030910095 · BIN 2012604 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 73 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 20 apartments
- 63 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 13 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 OATH/ECB fine 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Currently on AEP, the city's most-distressed-buildings program, since 2026-02-02.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 20 stabilized units for 2023, of about 20 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 20, 2022: 20, 2023: 20.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 5 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

218 open (class C immediately hazardous: 73, class B hazardous: 108, class A non-hazardous: 36); 708 on record.
63 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
13 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

11 active of 12 on record; 1 decided by default; $208,000 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

38 in the last 12 months; 160 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (77), PLUMBING (18), WATER LEAK (13), PAINT/PLASTER (12), FLOORING/STAIRS (9).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- SiteManager: Juan Bustamente
- CorporateOwner: 689 EAST 189 STREET REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: Stephen Kaufman
- Agent: JLP METRO MANAGEMENT INC.

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (Stephen Kaufman at 3397 EAST TREMONT 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/2030910095/693-east-189-street-bronx