# 2085 Valentine Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2031490111/2085-valentine-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2031490111 · BIN 2013541 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 10 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 8 apartments
- 10 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 13 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 evictions executed in the last 3 years
- 4 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 78 stabilized units for 2023, of about 78 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 78, 2019: 78, 2020: 78, 2021: 78, 2023: 78.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1929, 6 floors, 78 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

43 open (class C immediately hazardous: 10, class B hazardous: 20, class A non-hazardous: 13); 988 on record.
10 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

13 active (5 issued in the last 3 years); 53 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

10 active of 47 on record; 4 decided by default; $46,875 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

33 in the last 12 months; 142 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (37), UNSANITARY CONDITION (28), PLUMBING (21), GENERAL (13), DOOR/WINDOW (9).

## Bedbugs

9 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units. A filing has reported re-infestation.

## Evictions

3 executed in the last 3 years; 13 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

19 cases on record, 0 open, 14 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 2085 VALENTINE AVENUE LLC D
- Agent: ROGER TATE
- HeadOfficer: STEVEN FINKELSTEIN
- Officer: RICHARD TIMBERGER
- SiteManager: PAUL BAGROWICZ

The same owner is linked to 34 other buildings (STEVEN FINKELSTEIN at 111 BROOK ST).

## 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/2031490111/2085-valentine-avenue-bronx