# 255 East 188 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2031480040/255-east-188-street-bronx).
BBL 2031480040 · BIN 2013486 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 12 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 21 apartments
- 6 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing 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 21 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, 21 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

27 open (class C immediately hazardous: 12, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 5); 168 on record.
6 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## 311 housing complaints

24 in the last 12 months; 57 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (19), UNSANITARY CONDITION (10), PAINT/PLASTER (6), PLUMBING (6), GENERAL (6).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

13 cases on record, 0 open, 9 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- Agent: BIANCA CASABLANCA
- HeadOfficer: EDGAR CASABLANCA
- SiteManager: EDGAR CASABLANCA
- CorporateOwner: CASABLANCA HOLDINGS

## 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/2031480040/255-east-188-street-bronx