# 880 Colgate Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2036230001/880-colgate-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2036230001 · BIN 2092722 · Generated 2026-10-31

## Concern level: high

- 32 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 15 apartments
- 30 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 8 active DOB violation(s)
- 16 evictions executed in the last 3 years
- $7,500 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 972 stabilized units for 2023, of about 484 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 972, 2019: 972, 2020: 972, 2021: 972, 2022: 972, 2023: 972.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1969, 19 floors, 484 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

43 open (class C immediately hazardous: 16, class B hazardous: 18, class A non-hazardous: 9); 197 on record.
16 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

8 active (5 issued in the last 3 years); 57 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

4 active of 45 on record; 0 decided by default; $7,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

149 in the last 12 months; 498 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (156), UNSANITARY CONDITION (145), PAINT/PLASTER (38), PLUMBING (38), GENERAL (33).

## Bedbugs

19 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 1 infested unit.

## Evictions

16 executed in the last 3 years; 29 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

23 cases on record, 0 open, 22 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: LAFAYETTE TOWERS NELSON APARTMENTS, LLC
- Agent: NELSON MANAGEMENT GROUP LTD
- HeadOfficer: CHRISTINE CHORNY
- Officer: STEVE SELTZER
- Shareholder: TVGBX TOWERSINVESTORS
- SiteManager: Wilburt Perez

The same owner is linked to 18 other buildings (CHRISTINE CHORNY at 118-35 QUEENS BLVD).

## 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/2036230001/880-colgate-avenue-bronx