# 314 East 196 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2032870066/314-east-196-street-bronx).
BBL 2032870066 · BIN 2016629 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 11 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 9 active DOB violation(s)
- 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 27 stabilized units for 2023, of about 28 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 27, 2019: 27, 2020: 27, 2021: 27, 2022: 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 1922, 5 floors, 28 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

64 open (class C immediately hazardous: 11, class B hazardous: 35, class A non-hazardous: 18); 113 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

9 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 32 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (13), ELECTRIC (5), GENERAL (4), SAFETY (3), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 4 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

8 cases on record, 0 open, 7 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: KAPKU REALTY LLC
- Agent: KAPKU REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: FRANK KAPITI
- Officer: NIKOLL COTAJ
- Shareholder: FRANK KAPITI
- SiteManager: FRAN COTAJ

## 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/2032870066/314-east-196-street-bronx