# 865 East 181 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2031240042/865-east-181-street-bronx).
BBL 2031240042 · BIN 2013163 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
- 9 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 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

Previously on AEP, discharged 2016-05-31.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 13 stabilized units for 2023, of about 13 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 13, 2019: 13, 2020: 13, 2021: 13, 2022: 13, 2023: 13.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1931, 4 floors, 13 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

12 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 0); 490 on record.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

15 in the last 12 months; 75 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (16), UNSANITARY CONDITION (14), PLUMBING (10), DOOR/WINDOW (8), ELECTRIC (7).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

2 executed in the last 3 years; 4 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: Rick Herman
- Agent: Josh Spitzer
- SiteManager: Josh Spitzer
- CorporateOwner: 865 E 181st St Bronx LLC

The same owner is linked to 66 other buildings (Rick Herman at 261 Lenox Road OFFICE).

## 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/2031240042/865-east-181-street-bronx