1622 Van Buren Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-04022-0050BIN 2042733

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 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 DOB 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1905

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 2025-04-10

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER SASH INTERIOR GLASS PANE IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2020-01-035+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2081 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES AND PROPERLY SEAL PIPE CONNECTIONS BEHIND THE WALLS AND UNDER THE FLOOR AT KITCHEN AND BATHROOM ( WATER-CLOSET,SINK, WASHBASIN, BATHTUB OR SHOWER STALL .) INCLUDING ILLEGAL PARTITION AT ILLEGAL CELLAR APARTMENT AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2020-01-035+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE UNLAWFUL COOKING SPACE OR FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION WITH THIS DEPARTMENT TO LEGALIZE SAME, IF LAWFULLY FEASIBLE, AT GAS STOVE INSTALLED AT THE KITCHEN CREATING AND ILLEGAL CELLAR APARTMENT AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2020-01-035+ YRS OLD

§ 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR LEGAL CONDITION A CLASS A APARTMENT CREATED AT CELLAR CONTRARY TO HPD INFO

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

976

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk532

Residential339

Vehicle65

Unspecified28

Commercial12

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

424

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony120

Misdemeanor237

Violation67

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 4 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2025-04-03

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2008-09-08

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

1622 VAN BUREN LLC

Head officer

Albert Gjonbalaj

Managing agent

Spaxel Property Management LLC

7 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1081 TIFFANY STREETBRONX 1604 VAN BUREN STREETBRONX 1618 TAYLOR AVENUEBRONX 1727 FOWLER AVENUEBRONX 1834 HONE AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

ConstructionClass 22019-12-14$1,250 penalty

ConstructionClass 12017-01-31$4,800 penalty

ConstructionClass 12017-01-27$1,600 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2015-03-27 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2023-06-30 · $525,000

Mortgage2023-06-30$525,000

borrower 1622 VAN BUREN LLC · lender MERS

Mortgage2017-08-02$4,121,879.14

borrower 850 MORRIS PARK AVENUE LLC, 1517 WHITE PLAINS ROAD LLC, 662 SAGAMORE STREET LLC, 1727 FLOWLER AVENUE LLC, 1390 PROSPECT AVENUE LLC, 1622 VAN BUREN LLC, 664 SAGAMORE STREET LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2015-03-27no recorded price

RONELLI LLC → 1622 VAN BUREN LLC

Sale2014-09-19$210,000

BRUNO, JASON, ROMAN, JOSE → RONELLO LLC

Sale2007-04-16$610,000

DECKER DEVELOPMENT ,INC. → ROMAN, JOSE, BRUNO, JASON

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

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