2559 Decatur Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-03275-0049BIN 2016322Plain-text version

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 active DOB violation(s)
024 open HPD violation(s)
031 eviction executed in the last 3 years

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 14 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 15 apartments.

2018 — 14 units registered2023 — 14

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1911

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building14 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

367

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 1Issued 2023-04-242 violations

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 14Issued 2015-04-275+ YRS OLD

§ 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION PARTITION WALL WITH 2BY4 AND SHEETROCK FROM FLOOR TO CEILING CREATING ADDITIONAL ROOMS IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 14, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 5Issued 2015-03-095+ YRS OLD

§ 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION DUMBWAITER REMOVED AT NORTHEAST CORNER IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition24

Heat/Hot Water19

Plumbing7

General7

Water Leak6

Paint/Plaster4

Door/Window4

Electric3

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

892

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential587

Street/Sidewalk232

Unspecified52

Commercial15

Vehicle6

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

923

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony304

Misdemeanor506

Violation113

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-12-16Apt 8residential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2017-08-30

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2017-07-17

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-11-13

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2014-06-17

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ICP DECATUR LLC

Head officer

Michael Gonter

Managing agent

Jay Silver

14 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2023-04-06 · $9,563,938

Most recent mortgage2018-02-01 · $3,949,136.1

Sale2023-04-06$9,563,938

QC DECATUR LLC → ICP DECATUR LLC

Sale2018-02-01$19,550,000

NYSANDY12 CBP3 LLC → QC DECATUR LLC

Mortgage2018-02-01$3,949,136.1

borrower QC JEROME LLC, QC GERARD LLC, QC DECATUR LLC, QC CROTONA LLC, QC CRESTON LLC · lender STERLING NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2015-12-23$12,777,619.83

borrower NYSANDY12 CBP3 LLC, NYSANDY12 CBP2 LLC, NYSANDY12 CBP4 LLC, NYSANDY12 CBP1 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2015-12-22$12,000,000

FORTRESS CD LLC → NYSANDY12 CBP3 LLC

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale