# 261 East 188 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2031480038/261-east-188-street-bronx).
BBL 2031480038 · BIN 2013485 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 13 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 20 apartments
- 6 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 active DOB violation(s)

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 21 stabilized units for 2023, of about 20 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 21, 2019: 21, 2023: 21.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1915, 5 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

55 open (class C immediately hazardous: 13, class B hazardous: 34, class A non-hazardous: 8); 156 on record.
6 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

3 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 5 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

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

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 64 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (12), UNSANITARY CONDITION (12), PLUMBING (7), FLOORING/STAIRS (7), GENERAL (7).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CASABLANCA HOLDINGS INC
- Agent: BIANCA CASABLANCA
- HeadOfficer: EDGAR CASABLANCA
- SiteManager: Edgar Casablanca

## 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/2031480038/261-east-188-street-bronx