# 2319 Morris Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2031830064/2319-morris-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2031830064 · BIN 2014012 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 12 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 2 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 24 stabilized units for 2023, of about 24 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 24, 2019: 24, 2020: 24, 2021: 24, 2022: 24, 2023: 24.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1938, 6 floors, 24 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

22 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 11, class A non-hazardous: 9); 394 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 21 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 13 on record; 2 decided by default; $19,375 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

21 in the last 12 months; 149 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (41), UNSANITARY CONDITION (27), PLUMBING (16), DOOR/WINDOW (13), GENERAL (12).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

7 cases on record, 0 open, 6 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- SiteManager: JOSHUA SIMON
- HeadOfficer: MELVIN NEWHOUSE
- CorporateOwner: 2319 MORIS REALTY CORP
- Agent: JOSHUA SIMON

The same owner is linked to 14 other buildings (MELVIN NEWHOUSE at 110 Chestnut Ridge Road).

## 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/2031830064/2319-morris-avenue-bronx