# 1539 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2037730001/1539-westchester-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2037730001 · BIN 2025160 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 14 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 17 apartments
- 12 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 2 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 18 stabilized units for 2023, of about 17 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 18, 2019: 18, 2020: 18, 2021: 18, 2022: 18, 2023: 18.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1913, 5 floors, 17 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

48 open (class C immediately hazardous: 14, class B hazardous: 23, class A non-hazardous: 11); 266 on record.
12 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 2 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 6 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

14 in the last 12 months; 91 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (57), PAINT/PLASTER (9), WATER LEAK (6), DOOR/WINDOW (5), ELECTRIC (5).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 1207 BOYNTON LLC
- Agent: JLP METRO MANAGEMENT INC
- HeadOfficer: LOUIS POPOVIC
- Officer: ANTON POPOVIC
- SiteManager: MANUEL CASTELLANOS

The same owner is linked to 7 other buildings (LOUIS POPOVIC at 3397 EAST TREMONT 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/2037730001/1539-westchester-avenue-bronx