19 Van Cortlandt Avenue East

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-03323-0032BIN 2017668Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
027 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
051 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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 43 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 43 apartments.

2018 — 43 units registered2023 — 43

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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The building

1932

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 33 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 building72 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. 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 2026-10-07

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT DOOR TO ROOF AT 1st PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM NORTH, 6th STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3GIssued 2026-10-052 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOCK AND ASSEMBLY IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3G, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN WASTELINE AT WASH BASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3G, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-02

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCH AT COMPACTOR CLOSET DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-07-062 violations

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCH AT COMPACTOR CLOSET DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORY
§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT HOPPER CHUTE DOOR AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 2nd STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

182

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water141

Plumbing18

Door/Window13

Paint/Plaster4

Flooring/Stairs2

Unsanitary Condition2

General1

Safety1

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

833

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk365

Residential346

Unspecified70

Vehicle44

Commercial4

House of Worship4

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

352

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony122

Misdemeanor148

Violation82

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.

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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-04-03

EMERGENCY WORK ORDER DUE TO DEFECTIVE FIRE ESCAPE WITH LOOSE/HANGING FE TREAD @ EXP#3 NORTH POSING A HAZARD TO PUBLIC. REMEDY: IMMEDIATELY TAKE & PROVIDE ADEQUATE SAFETY MEASURES TO SECURE/PROTECT THE PUBLIC @ EXP#3 NORTH. ADDITIONALLY, IMMEDIATELY MAKE ADEQUATE REPAIRS TO DEFECTIVE FE TREADS U/FULL SUPERVISION OF A NYS LICENSED PROFESSIONAL

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$25,000

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.

DEFAULTConstructionClass 12026-04-08$25,000 due

ConstructionClass 12025-04-03$5,000 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-09-12Apt 2Aresidential

2020-02-19Apt 4Dresidential

2018-05-11Apt 4Aresidential

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

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

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.

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

19 Van Cortlandt Avenue Owner LLC

Head officer

Peter Hungerford

Managing agent

Progress Property Management LLC

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

100 EAST MOSHOLU PARKWAY SOUTHBRONX 1107 1 AVENUEMANHATTAN 1109 1 AVENUEMANHATTAN 111 TUDOR PLACEBRONX 112 TUDOR PLACEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

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 sale2024-05-16 · $3,690,580

Most recent mortgage2025-05-16 · $131,935,000

Mortgage2025-05-16$131,935,000

borrower 2966 BRIGGS AVENUE OWNER LLC, 4305 FURMAN AVENUE OWNER LLC, 2780 UNI AVENUE OWNER LLC, 3155 GRAND CONCOURSE OWNER LLC, 222 BEDFORD PARK BOULEVARD OWNER LLC, 2160 BOLTON STREET OWNER LLC, 3013 VALENTINE AVENUE OWNER LLC, 250 BEDFORD PARK BOULEVARD OWNER LLC, 2180 BOLTON STREET OWNER LLC, 120 WEST 183RD STREET OWNER LLC, 2575 SEDGWICK AVENUE OWNER LLC, 275 EAST 201ST STREET OWNER LLC, 100 EAST MOSHOLU PARKWAY OWNER LLC, 2100-2110 BRONX PARK EAST OWNER LLC, 2056 ANTHONY AVENUE OWNER LLC, 19 VAN COURTLANDT AVENUE OWNER LLC, 3565 BRUCKNER BOULEVARD OWNER LLC, 3010 VALENTINE AVENUE OWNER LLC, 2559 SEDGWICK AVENUE OWNER LLC, 655 EAST 230TH STREET OWNER LLC, 3920 BRONX BOULEVARD OWNER LLC, 2165 BOLTON STREET OWNER LLC, 2160 HOLLAND AVENUE OWNER LLC, 221 EAST 201ST STREET OWNER LLC, 33-35 EAST 208TH STREET OWNER LLC, 316 EAST MOSHOLU PARKWAY OWNER LLC, 55 EAST 210TH STREET OWNER LLC, 2140 CRUGER AVENUE OWNER LLC, 3073 BUHRE AVENUE OWNER LLC, 210 EAST 201ST STREET OWNER LLC, 3070 HULL AVENUE OWNER LLC, 3001 VALENTINE AVENUE OWNER LLC, 3881 SEDGWICK AVENUE OWNER LLC, 3399 HULL AVENUE OWNER LLC · lender THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Mortgage2025-05-16$7,900,000

borrower 2056 ANTHONY AVENUE OWNER LLC, 3070 HULL AVENUE OWNER LLC, 100 EAST MOSHOLU PARKWAY OWNER LLC, 3399 HULL AVENUE OWNER LLC, 275 EAST 201ST STREET OWNER LLC, 4305 FURMAN AVENUE OWNER LLC, 3881 SEDGWICK AVENUE OWNER LLC, 221 EAST 201ST STREET OWNER LLC, 222 BEDFORD PARK BOULEVARD OWNER LLC, 3013 VALENTINE AVENUE OWNER LLC, 33-35 EAST 208TH STREET OWNER LLC, 2100-2110 BRONX PARK EAST OWNER LLC, 2140 CRUGER AVENUE OWNER LLC, 655 EAST 230TH STREET OWNER LLC, 316 EAST MOSHOLU PARKWAY OWNER LLC, 3920 BRONX BOULEVARD OWNER LLC, 120 WEST 183RD STREET OWNER LLC, 3155 GRAND CONCOURSE OWNER LLC, 250 BEDFORD PARK BOULEVARD OWNER LLC, 2165 BOLTON STREET OWNER LLC, 3010 VALENTINE AVENUE OWNER LLC, 210 EAST 201ST STREET OWNER LLC, 55 EAST 210TH STREET OWNER LLC, 19 VAN COURTLANDT AVENUE OWNER LLC, 2559 SEDGWICK AVENUE OWNER LLC, 2780 UNI AVENUE OWNER LLC, 3073 BUHRE AVENUE OWNER LLC, 2575 SEDGWICK AVENUE OWNER LLC, 2160 HOLLAND AVENUE OWNER LLC, 2966 BRIGGS AVENUE OWNER LLC, 3565 BRUCKNER BOULEVARD OWNER LLC, 3001 VALENTINE AVENUE OWNER LLC, 2160 BOLTON STREET OWNER LLC, 2180 BOLTON STREET OWNER LLC · lender THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Sale2024-05-16$3,690,580

NYSANDY4 NBP13 LLC → 19 VAN CORTLANDT AVENUE OWNER LLC

Mortgage2014-04-01$1,513,633.74

borrower NYSANDY4 NBP13 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMERICAL BANK

Mortgage2014-04-01$332,400

borrower NYSANDY4 NBP13 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMERICAL 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.