# 2537 Decatur Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2032750057/2537-decatur-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2032750057 · BIN 2016326 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 19 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 27 apartments
- 8 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 8 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Currently on AEP, the city's most-distressed-buildings program, since 2023-01-31.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 27 stabilized units for 2023, of about 27 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2019: 27, 2023: 27.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1913, 5 floors, 27 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

34 open (class C immediately hazardous: 19, class B hazardous: 7, class A non-hazardous: 7); 496 on record.
8 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 8 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

13 active of 16 on record; 8 decided by default; $90,875 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

28 in the last 12 months; 230 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (53), HEAT/HOT WATER (33), PAINT/PLASTER (28), DOOR/WINDOW (25), PLUMBING (20).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

18 cases on record, 0 open, 12 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: NIZAO REALTY CORP
- Agent: VALDESIA MANAGEMENT CORP
- HeadOfficer: ALEXIS BAEZ
- SiteManager: NELSON APONTE

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (ALEXIS BAEZ at 320 EAST 176 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/2032750057/2537-decatur-avenue-bronx