2940 Grand Concourse

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-03320-0037BIN 2017620Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0139 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 62 apartments
028 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)
052 evictions executed in the last 3 years
06$5,000 in unpaid OATH/ECB fines

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 OATH/ECB 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 59 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 62 apartments.

2018 — 59 units registered2023 — 59

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1923

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade A — most efficient

ENERGY STAR score 95 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

394

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-172 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT BASEMENT
567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT , AT BASEMENT

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2026-05-11

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 0, WG TO REPLACE = 0, WG TO REPAIR = 1 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3FIssued 2024-09-302 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3F, 3rd STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3F, 3rd STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4FIssued 2024-09-092 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

206

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition65

Heat/Hot Water27

Paint/Plaster19

Door/Window19

Flooring/Stairs16

Appliance15

Electric15

General8

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2026-08-07 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-08-07 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-08-05 · 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

1640

Noise reports · last 12 mo

137

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1187

Street/Sidewalk281

Unspecified85

Vehicle74

House of Worship7

Commercial6

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

532

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony181

Misdemeanor225

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20253 infested · 3 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20231 infested · 1 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2015-08-19

ACTIVE · EVCAT1-ELEVATOR ANNUAL INSPECTION / TEST ELEVATORREQUIRED2012-10-01

VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2011 INSPECTION/TEST

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$5,000

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

ConstructionClass 12025-09-22$5,000 due

ConstructionClass 32008-10-31$200 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-05-11Apt 6Gresidential

2025-02-24Apt UNIT.APT. 5Jresidential

2023-07-06Apt SDcommercial

2023-02-14Apt 6Fresidential

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: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2025-04-11

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-06-21

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2022-10-24

Access Warrant - lead

CLOSEDOpened 2022-09-12

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

AIRLU REALTY LLC

Head officer

PRELA RUKAJ

Managing agent

Prela Rukaj

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

2965 VALENTINE AVENUEBRONX 651 EAST 236 STREETBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2011-08-04 · $3,141,667.21

Most recent mortgage2002-10-04 · $204,774.64

Sale2011-08-04$3,141,667.21

BROJA REALTY LLC → AIRLU REALTY LLC

Mortgage2002-10-04$204,774.64

borrower BROJA REALTY L.L.C. · lender GREYSTONE SERVICINGCORPORATION, INC

Mortgage1999-06-25$118,106.93

borrower BROJA REALTY L.L.C. · lender DIME SAVINGS BANK OFWILLIAMSBURGH

Sale1999-05-19no recorded price

RUKAJ, TOMA → BROJA REALTY, L.L.C.

Mortgage1995-12-19$192,389.65

borrower RUKAJ, TOMA · lender NORTH FORK BANK

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.