# 18 East 198 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2033180119/18-east-198-street-bronx).
BBL 2033180119 · BIN 2017539 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 5 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
- 5 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 12 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 evictions executed in the last 3 years
- $8,750 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 24 stabilized units for 2023, of about 25 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 24, 2019: 24, 2020: 24, 2021: 24, 2022: 24, 2023: 24.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1929, 6 floors, 25 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

13 open (class C immediately hazardous: 5, class B hazardous: 4, class A non-hazardous: 4); 340 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

12 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 36 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 28 on record; 0 decided by default; $8,750 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

30 in the last 12 months; 209 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (66), UNSANITARY CONDITION (28), PAINT/PLASTER (25), DOOR/WINDOW (20), FLOORING/STAIRS (16).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

9 cases on record, 0 open, 9 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Raquel Realty LLC
- Agent: GENYC REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: William Fernandez
- SiteManager: Angel Collazo

The same owner is linked to 11 other buildings (William Fernandez at 4419 THIRD AVENUE).

## 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/2033180119/18-east-198-street-bronx