# 2040 Bronxdale Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2042850005/2040-bronxdale-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2042850005 · BIN 2048777 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 86 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 53 apartments
- 52 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 9 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 25 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 1 OATH/ECB fine 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

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 52 stabilized units for 2023, of about 53 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 52, 2019: 52, 2020: 52, 2021: 52, 2022: 52, 2023: 52.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1937, 6 floors, 53 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

220 open (class C immediately hazardous: 86, class B hazardous: 103, class A non-hazardous: 31); 904 on record.
52 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
9 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

25 active (6 issued in the last 3 years); 53 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 32 on record; 1 decided by default; $16,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

667 in the last 12 months; 5,565 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (5386), PLUMBING (49), UNSANITARY CONDITION (42), PAINT/PLASTER (20), WATER LEAK (16).

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- IndividualOwner: PREN VATAJ
- SiteManager: PREN VATAJ

## 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/2042850005/2040-bronxdale-avenue-bronx