# 244 East 196 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2033000047/244-east-196-street-bronx).
BBL 2033000047 · BIN 2017009 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 22 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 33 apartments
- 11 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing 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

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 33 stabilized units for 2023, of about 33 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 33, 2019: 33, 2020: 33, 2021: 33, 2022: 33, 2023: 33.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1926, 5 floors, 33 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

41 open (class C immediately hazardous: 22, class B hazardous: 17, class A non-hazardous: 2); 174 on record.
11 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); 4 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

19 in the last 12 months; 65 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (39), PLUMBING (6), UNSANITARY CONDITION (5), DOOR/WINDOW (4), PAINT/PLASTER (4).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: SPERONI & SONS INC
- Agent: SPERONI & SONS, INC.
- HeadOfficer: STEVEN SPERONI
- Officer: STEVEN SPERONI
- SiteManager: STEVEN SPERONI

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (STEVEN SPERONI at PO BOX 305).

## 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/2033000047/244-east-196-street-bronx