2712 Decatur Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-03278-0007BIN 2016377Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
035 active DOB violation(s)
042 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 30 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 30 apartments.

2018 — 30 units registered2023 — 30

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1929

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 54 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

365

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt B1Issued 2025-05-22

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT B1, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-05-20

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE MISSING VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt E5Issued 2022-01-27

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MORTICE LOCK AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT E5, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1FIssued 2021-09-135+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1F, 6th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

170

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition46

Plumbing26

Paint/Plaster18

Heat/Hot Water17

Door/Window17

Flooring/Stairs11

General9

Appliance8

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

861

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential499

Street/Sidewalk230

Unspecified71

Vehicle49

Commercial12

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

447

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony159

Misdemeanor216

Violation72

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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-03-28

PARTIAL VACATE ORDER DUE TO MULTIPLE HAZARDOUT CONDITIONS SUCH AS CRAC KED/SPALLING & MISSING BRICK MASONRY.THESE CONDITIONS HAVE MADE THE CO URTYARDS AT EXP#3 EAST AND EXP#4 SOUTH UNABLE TO BE OCCUPIED.REMEDY:VA CATE COURTYARDS AT EXP#3 EAST AND EXP#4 SOUTH.COURTYARDS TO BE USED IN EMERGENCIES ONLY

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-03-08

.EMERGENCY WORK ORDER 6 STORY + CELLAR FISP BLDGE AT EXP#1(WEST ELEV) (2)BROKEN WIND.SILL@6THFLR DETERIORATEDWIND.LINTEL+SILLS MAJOR CRACKS THROUGHOUT FACADE&AC UNITS OBSTRUCTING FIRE ESCAPE @4TH&6TH FLR @EXP#2 IS LOC.ADJ.TO SCHOOL PLAYGROUND TOGETHER WITH EXPO#3(EAST ELEV.)SEVERE CRACKS THROUGHOUT FACADE.REMEDY:IMMED.NSTALL SIDEWALK SHED@EXP#1

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-03-08

.EMERGENCY WORK ORDER 6 STORY + CELLAR FISP BUILDING.OBSERVED @EXPO#3 (EAST ELEV.)FIRE ESCAPE CONNECTION WAS DETERIORATED/CORRODES AT TOP OF PARAPET&@EXP#4(SOUTH ELEV.)FIRE ESCAPE WAS DETACHED AT TOP OF PARAPET WITH CORRODE BRICKS AROUND THE FIRE ESCAPE@TOP OF PARAPET.REMEDYIMMED REPAIR&REPLACEFIRE ESCAPE UNDER SUPERV.OF NYS LIC.PROF.PROV.SAFETY

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$9,375

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 22026-03-10$3,125 due

DEFAULTConstructionClass 22025-07-29$6,250 due

ConstructionClass 22024-08-21$1,250 penalty

ConstructionClass 12024-07-17$10,000 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-08-15Apt E4residential

2023-03-01Apt APT F5residential

2019-09-24Apt F5residential

2019-06-27Apt E5residential

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 2025-04-11

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-10-15

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2024-10-04

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2024-09-17

Harassment case

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

DECATUR & 195 CORP

Head officer

CHAIM GLICK

Managing agent

CHAIM GLICK

7 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

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2001-09-28 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-06-29 · $267,636.92

Mortgage2022-06-29$267,636.92

borrower DECATUR & 195 CORP · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND

Mortgage2017-09-12$997,845.15

borrower DECATUR & 195 CORP. · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2012-04-26$100,000

borrower DECATUR & 195 CORP. · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2008-01-03$708,471.77

borrower DECATUR & 195 CORP. · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2003-02-20$390,928.15

borrower DECATUR & 195 CORP. · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

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