# 226 East 203 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2033080012/226-east-203-street-bronx).
BBL 2033080012 · BIN 2017237 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 21 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 16 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)
- 4 evictions executed in the last 3 years
- $5,000 in unpaid OATH/ECB fines

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 43 stabilized units for 2023, of about 43 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 42, 2019: 42, 2020: 44, 2021: 44, 2022: 44, 2023: 43.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1928, 6 floors, 43 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

39 open (class C immediately hazardous: 21, class B hazardous: 16, class A non-hazardous: 2); 346 on record.
16 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (4 issued in the last 3 years); 28 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 18 on record; 0 decided by default; $5,000 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

32 in the last 12 months; 148 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (31), HEAT/HOT WATER (19), PLUMBING (19), PAINT/PLASTER (18), WATER LEAK (16).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- Agent: SHIMON GREISMAN
- SiteManager: RAMON PRENSO
- CorporateOwner: 226 E 203RD LLC
- HeadOfficer: BENZION FERZIGER

The same owner is linked to 7 other buildings (BENZION FERZIGER at 1500 AVE OF THE STATES).

## 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/2033080012/226-east-203-street-bronx