# 253 East 181 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2031490118/253-east-181-street-bronx).
BBL 2031490118 · BIN 2013542 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 6 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 38 stabilized units for 2023, of about 37 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 37, 2019: 38, 2022: 38, 2023: 38.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1939, 6 floors, 37 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

22 open (class C immediately hazardous: 6, class B hazardous: 4, class A non-hazardous: 12); 661 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 32 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 18 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

32 in the last 12 months; 261 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (72), PLUMBING (43), PAINT/PLASTER (39), WATER LEAK (27), HEAT/HOT WATER (22).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

4 executed in the last 3 years; 7 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 181 VENTURES LLC
- Agent: 181 VENTURES LLC
- HeadOfficer: SIMON MOSKOWITZ
- SiteManager: SIMON MOSKOWITZ

The same owner is linked to 15 other buildings (SIMON MOSKOWITZ at 1454 43RD STREET).

## 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/2031490118/253-east-181-street-bronx