# 319 East 197 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2032900065/319-east-197-street-bronx).
BBL 2032900065 · BIN 2016730 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- Housing court found tenant harassment in 1 case
- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 7 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 evictions executed in the last 3 years
- 1 OATH/ECB fine 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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 29 stabilized units for 2022, of about 30 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2020: 29, 2022: 29.
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, 30 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

27 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 16, class A non-hazardous: 3); 644 on record.
7 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 10 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 10 on record; 1 decided by default; $6,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

28 in the last 12 months; 201 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (104), PLUMBING (25), UNSANITARY CONDITION (16), WATER LEAK (14), PAINT/PLASTER (12).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

3 executed in the last 3 years; 8 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

14 cases on record, 0 open, 14 tenant-initiated, 1 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2020 (90-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: EAST 319 HOLDINGS LLC
- Agent: EAST 319 HOLDINGS LLC
- HeadOfficer: YOEL SHAFER
- SiteManager: YOEL SHAFER

The same owner is linked to 25 other buildings (YOEL SHAFER at 5014 16TH AVE).

## 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/2032900065/319-east-197-street-bronx