2801 Valentine Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-03304-0170BIN 2017159

Concern level3 of 4

High

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 16 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 16 apartments.

2020 — 16 units registered2023 — 16

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1912

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-03-10

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MARBLE TREAD 5TH UP FROM BOTTOM AT STAIRS LEADING TO REAR YARD AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-03-10RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN, DEFECTIVE AND/OR MISSING THE GUIDE RAILS AND LOWER GUIDE STOP AT NORTH FIRE ESCAPE AT EAST 197 ST . SECTION OF BUILDING COMPONENTS TACKED WELDED

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4EIssued 2025-02-12

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS AT LOWER SASH WINDOW IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4E, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5NIssued 2019-12-135+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5N, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster2

Safety2

Appliance1

Door/Window1

Unsanitary Condition1

Water Leak1

Paint/PlasterCeiling2026-04-18 · closed

Water LeakSlow Leak2026-04-18 · closed

SafetyFire Escape2025-03-06 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1791

Noise reports · last 12 mo

149

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1170

Street/Sidewalk501

Unspecified63

Vehicle53

Commercial4

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

565

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony193

Misdemeanor246

Violation126

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-07-21Apt 5Sresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

2801 VALENTINE OWNERS

Head officer

ESAT GASHI

Managing agent

2801 VALENTINE OWNERS LLC

7 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1537 WHITE PLAINS ROADBRONX 178 EAST 205 STREETBRONX 2352 UNIVERSITY AVENUEBRONX 2460 UNIVERSITY AVENUEBRONX 2467 UNIVERSITY AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

BoilersHazardous2004-02-23$400 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2024 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2024-06-19 · $1,845,000

Most recent mortgage1997-04-03 · $178,750

Sale2024-06-19$1,845,000

SIBCAT CORP. → 2801 VALENTINE OWNERS LLC

Sale2018-10-23no recorded price

CATTO, GEORGE → SIBCAT CORP

Sale2017-12-22no recorded price

GEORGE CATTO, TRUSTEE, SEYITALI CATTO TRUST U/A/D 5/22/2009 → CATTO, GEORGE

Sale2009-05-22no recorded price

CATTO, SEYITALI → SEYITALI CATTO TRUST U/A/D MAY 22, 2009, GEORGE CATTO, TRUSTEE

Mortgage1997-04-03$178,750

borrower CATTO, SEYITALI · lender CITYSCAPE CORP

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale