2557 Marion Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-03286-0019BIN 2016590Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0113 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
026 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0410 active DOB violation(s)
053 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.

HPD enforcement

Previously in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 16), discharged 2025-04-04.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 53 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 54 apartments.

2018 — 54 units registered2023 — 53

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1937

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 37 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.

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

1023

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 5AIssued 2026-01-16

§ 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 LATCH AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 5A, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-09-082 violations

§ 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 HINGES AT FIRE DOOR AT SOUTH WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
§ 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 LATCH AT FIRE DOOR AT SOUTH WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 7EIssued 2025-09-08

§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.8, 27-2056.9 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO ABATE TESTED LEAD-BASED PAINT FROM REQUIRED WINDOW AND/OR DOOR FRICTION SURFACES FOR APARTMENT AND MAKE FLOORS SMOOTH AND CLEANABLE, POSITIVE LEAD-BASED PAINT IN AN APARTMENT WITH A CHILD UNDER SIX LOCATED AT APT 7E, 7th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-04-15RENT-IMPAIRING

567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT AT NORTH YARD

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

283

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water88

Plumbing39

Unsanitary Condition36

Paint/Plaster32

Water Leak26

Appliance15

Door/Window13

General9

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1373

Noise reports · last 12 mo

114

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential685

Street/Sidewalk332

Commercial268

Unspecified53

Vehicle35

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

894

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony302

Misdemeanor476

Violation116

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 4 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

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 · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2024-05-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

ACTIVE · EVCAT5-NON-RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR PERIODIC INSPECTION/TEST ELEVATORREQUIRED2019-05-20

FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2018-05-31

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2017

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$7,500

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.

ConstructionClass 22025-02-25$1,250 due

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 12022-04-18$6,250 due

DEFAULTBoilersClass 22019-04-10$3,125 penalty

DEFAULTLocal LawClass 22018-05-18$6,250 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

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 2025-02-04

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2024-10-09

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2021-05-12

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2019-05-03

Heat / hot water

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

AVUBEN REALTY LLC

Head officer

JAY RAWICKI

Managing agent

Yon Lefk

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1995-12-08 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2019-11-20 · $828,164.49

Mortgage2019-11-20$828,164.49

borrower AVUBEN REALTY LLC · lender FIRST REPUBLIC BANK

Mortgage2013-08-20$1,143,926.5

borrower AVUBEN REALTY LLC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2003-10-23$583,511.94

borrower AVUBEN REALTY LLC · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1998-03-13$975,000

borrower AVUBEN REALTY LLC · lender HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBANK

Sale1995-12-08no recorded price

TWO MARION REALTY LLC → AVUBEN REALTY 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

Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 90-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale