# 271 East 197 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2032950056/271-east-197-street-bronx).
BBL 2032950056 · BIN 2016885 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 14 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 13 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 evictions 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 41 stabilized units for 2023, of about 42 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 41, 2019: 41, 2020: 41, 2021: 41, 2023: 41.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1921, 5 floors, 42 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

31 open (class C immediately hazardous: 14, class B hazardous: 10, class A non-hazardous: 7); 430 on record.
13 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 4 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

32 in the last 12 months; 155 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (39), PLUMBING (22), PAINT/PLASTER (20), DOOR/WINDOW (16), HEAT/HOT WATER (14).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

2 executed in the last 3 years; 11 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 271 ZACKO LLC D
- Agent: ROGER TATE
- HeadOfficer: STEVEN FINKELSTEIN
- Officer: RICHARD TIMBERGER
- SiteManager: BOB PARADISE

The same owner is linked to 34 other buildings (STEVEN FINKELSTEIN at 111 BROOK ST).

## 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/2032950056/271-east-197-street-bronx