# 1041 Elder Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2037130048/1041-elder-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2037130048 · BIN 2023435 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 41 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 5 apartments
- 8 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 10 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1928, 2 floors, 5 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

94 open (class C immediately hazardous: 41, class B hazardous: 36, class A non-hazardous: 17); 327 on record.
8 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
10 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

2 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 5 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 3 on record; 2 decided by default; $25,000 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

34 in the last 12 months; 301 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (73), UNSANITARY CONDITION (70), FLOORING/STAIRS (34), PAINT/PLASTER (25), PLUMBING (22).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 1041 ELDER AVENUE LLC
- SiteManager: JOE REDEK
- HeadOfficer: Mayer Chemtob
- Agent: Mayer Chemtob

The same owner is linked to 11 other buildings (Mayer Chemtob at 455 PARK AVE).

## 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/2037130048/1041-elder-avenue-bronx