# 1965 Lafayette Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2036720001/1965-lafayette-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2036720001 · BIN 2022645 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 24 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 15 apartments
- 22 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 7 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)
- 4 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 353 stabilized units for 2023, of about 359 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2019: 353, 2020: 353, 2021: 352, 2022: 352, 2023: 353.
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, 21 floors, 359 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

41 open (class C immediately hazardous: 24, class B hazardous: 8, class A non-hazardous: 8); 547 on record.
22 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
7 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 82 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 60 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

173 in the last 12 months; 1,030 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (633), PLUMBING (96), UNSANITARY CONDITION (85), GENERAL (68), DOOR/WINDOW (46).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

4 executed in the last 3 years; 14 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

11 cases on record, 0 open, 11 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: Jay Newhouse
- CorporateOwner: PARK LANE TOWER LLC
- Agent: Jay Newhouse

The same owner is linked to 71 other buildings (Jay Newhouse at 2259 7th 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/2036720001/1965-lafayette-avenue-bronx