# 140 Van Cortlandt Avenue West, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2032630050/140-van-cortlandt-avenue-west-bronx).
BBL 2032630050 · BIN 2016012 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 88 apartments
- 1 eviction 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 35 stabilized units for 2023, of about 88 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 37, 2019: 35, 2020: 35, 2021: 35, 2022: 35, 2023: 35.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1943, 7 floors, 88 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

8 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 6, class A non-hazardous: 1); 124 on record.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 28 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 11 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

8 in the last 12 months; 168 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (101), UNSANITARY CONDITION (30), APPLIANCE (6), SAFETY (6), PLUMBING (5).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 9 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: SUSS REALTY CO. LLC
- Agent: AARON SUSSMAN
- HeadOfficer: AARON SUSSMAN
- Officer: HELEN LEBOWITZ
- Shareholder: AARON SUSSMAN
- Shareholder: BARRY SUSSMAN
- Shareholder: HELEN LEBOWITZ
- SiteManager: RADE STEPANOVSKI

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (AARON SUSSMAN at 182 BENNETT AVE).

## 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/2032630050/140-van-cortlandt-avenue-west-bronx