# 2151 Morris Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2031800020/2151-morris-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2031800020 · BIN 2013973 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 21 apartments
- 1 of those issued 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 20 stabilized units for 2023, of about 21 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 20, 2019: 20, 2020: 20, 2021: 20, 2022: 20, 2023: 20.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1917, 5 floors, 21 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

2 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 1); 121 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 6 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

3 in the last 12 months; 148 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (36), UNSANITARY CONDITION (24), PLUMBING (22), HEAT/HOT WATER (13), ELECTRIC (13).

## Bedbugs

10 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)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 2155 Morris, LLC
- Agent: Jay Newhouse
- HeadOfficer: Jay Newhouse

The same owner is linked to 71 other buildings (Jay Newhouse at 2259 7th Avenue).

## 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/2031800020/2151-morris-avenue-bronx