# 266 East 198 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2032950045/266-east-198-street-bronx).
BBL 2032950045 · BIN 2016879 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 2 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 5 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)

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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1901, 2 floors, 2 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

33 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 16, class A non-hazardous: 14); 49 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
5 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 5 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 2 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2).

## Bedbugs

1 annual bedbug filing by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2019 (10-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 266 East 198 Living Gardens One LLC
- Agent: Luis Leon
- HeadOfficer: Chanie Spitzer
- Officer: Chanie Spitzer

The same owner is linked to 10 other buildings (Chanie Spitzer at 591 Lafayette 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/2032950045/266-east-198-street-bronx