2196 Matthews Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-04323-0035BIN 2049450

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 21 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 active DOB violation(s)
043 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 42 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 42 apartments.

2018 — 42 units registered2023 — 42

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1940

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade A — most efficient

ENERGY STAR score 95 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 building12 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 2GIssued 2026-03-09

§ 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 = 13, WG TO REPLACE = 0, WG TO REPAIR = 0 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2G, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-03-09

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH AND ASSEMBLY AT COMPACTOR CLOSET DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2GIssued 2026-07-07

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10SQ FT AT WINDOW STOOLS AT 1ST WINDOW FROM SOUTH AT WEST IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2G, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18690365 ISSUED 07-MAR-26 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2GIssued 2026-07-07

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10SQ FT AT WINDOW STOOLS IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2G, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18690364 ISSUED 07-MAR-26 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Civ14 Mailed

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1351

Noise reports · last 12 mo

113

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1166

Street/Sidewalk126

Unspecified35

Vehicle22

Commercial2

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

237

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony97

Misdemeanor100

Violation40

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20231 infested · 1 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-12-12

EWO DUE TO CRACKED/BULGING BRICK EXP2 N/W FACING WALL TOP FL CORNER & SPANDREDS BTW 5TH/6TH FL.CRACKED BRICK MORTAR JOINTS MULTI LOCAT @SPA -NDREDS OF EXP2 N.CONDITIONS POSE AN HZARD TO PUBLIC.REMDY: IMMEDLY TAKE/PROVIDE SAFETY MEAS TO PROTECT PUBLIC & INSTALL PUBLIC PROTECTION @ EXP2 N. MAKE REPAIRS OF DEFECTIVE FACADE UNDR SUPERV OF NYS LP

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-10-03Apt 2Fresidential

2025-09-22Apt 6Dresidential

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

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 2026-02-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-06-06

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2008-12-30

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

2196 REALTY CORP

Head officer

MARIA MATTHEWS

Managing agent

MARIA MATTHEWS

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

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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.

Local LawClass 22025-04-08$2,500 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

No recorded sales or mortgages found in ACRIS for this lot.

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