2040 Bronxdale Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-04285-0005BIN 2048777Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0186 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 53 apartments
0252 of those issued in the last 3 years
039 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0425 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction executed in the last 3 years
061 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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 OATH/ECB 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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 52 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 53 apartments.

2018 — 52 units registered2023 — 52

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1937

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade A — most efficient

ENERGY STAR score 100 of 100

Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

220

Open now

904

On record

Open Class C

103

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4CIssued 2026-10-05

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 0; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 8; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4C, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3JIssued 2026-10-053 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3J, 3rd STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 3; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 0; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3J, 3rd STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF A KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED AT 2ND WINDOW FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL (FIRE ESCAPE) IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3J, 3rd STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2026-09-15

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2026-06-29

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

5565

All time

667

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water5386

Plumbing49

Unsanitary Condition42

Paint/Plaster20

Water Leak16

Door/Window12

General11

Flooring/Stairs10

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

766

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential477

Street/Sidewalk166

Unspecified76

Vehicle38

Commercial8

Park1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

368

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony122

Misdemeanor167

Violation79

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 annual bedbug report on file. Owners of buildings with three or more apartments must file one each year — its absence can mean a smaller building, or an owner that has not filed.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-02-10

DAMAGE TO BUILDING WALL ON EXP2 CRUGER AVE SIDE, WALL BY SIDE WALK HAS SHIFTED OUT 1IN OVER SIDEWALK SECTION IS 4FT HIGH BY 6FT LONG.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-12-05

PARTIAL VACATE ORDER DUE TO THE MULTI HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SUCH AS BULGING SPALLING & CRACKED MASONRY BRICK. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE MADE THE COURTYARDS, EXP 3 NORTH AND 4TH WEST UNABLE TO BE OCCUPIED.REMEDY: VACATE ENTIRE COURTYARDS AT EXP 3 NORTH AND 4 EAST COURTYARDS TO BE USED IN EMERGENCIES ONLY

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$16,250

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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 12026-02-10$2,500 due

DEFAULTConstructionClass 12025-01-29$12,500 due

ElevatorsClass 12020-02-20$1,250 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-09-24Apt UNIT/APT. 2Jresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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 2025-09-02

Access Warrant - lead

CLOSEDOpened 2025-07-02

Access Warrant - lead

CLOSEDOpened 2023-11-03

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2023-02-24

Heat / hot water

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

PREN VATAJ

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1998-08-31 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2018-12-31 · $1,019,566.31

Mortgage2018-12-31$1,019,566.31

borrower VILSON REALTY LLC · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2013-07-25$1,105,927.79

borrower VILSON REALTY LLC · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2005-04-21$699,180.72

borrower VILSON REALTY LLC · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2002-07-01$1,200,000

borrower VILSON REALTY LLC., VATAJ, PREN · lender FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB.

Mortgage1998-10-30$1,100,000

borrower VILSON REALTY LLC · lender RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK

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