3224 Decatur Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-03354-0014BIN 2092538Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 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 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 33 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 36 apartments.

2018 — 33 units registered2023 — 33

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1920

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

114

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. This tax lot has 3 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5Issued 2022-05-09

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILNG AND WALLS IN THE 6th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 5Issued 2025-08-286 violations

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

4 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE NORTH WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4Issued 2014-01-105+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILINGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

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

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-122 violations

§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WITHIN THE COMMON AREA AT THE BUILDINGS ENTRANCE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS, PLEASE VISIT: HTTPS://WWW.NYC.GOV/SITE/HPD/SERVICES-AND-INFORMATION/REQUIRED-SIGNAGE.PAGE
§ 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED WHEN A GAS LEAK IS SUSPECTED AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

153

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water39

Unsanitary Condition24

Plumbing21

Paint/Plaster18

Appliance15

Electric8

Water Leak8

General7

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

810

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential486

Street/Sidewalk265

Vehicle33

Unspecified13

Commercial8

Park5

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

290

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony94

Misdemeanor113

Violation83

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 15 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

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2018-09-13Apt 2residential

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 2025-10-03

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2016-04-21

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2009-02-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2009-01-29

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

FLISHMANS REALTY CORP

Head officer

MITER GELAJ

Managing agent

CHRISTINA GELAJ

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1980-03-18 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-12-19 · $1,800,000

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