712 East 214 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-04661-0012BIN 2117623Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

01On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
029 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
033 of those issued in the last 3 years
042 active DOB 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 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.

HPD enforcement

On the Alternative Enforcement Program

HPD placed this building in its Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 16), active since 2023-01-31. AEP is the city's response to its most distressed buildings — it had 323 open B/C violations at selection.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 9 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2021 — 9 units registered2023 — 9

421-a tax benefit · expires ~2030

A 421-a building's rent stabilization is tied to this tax benefit and generally ends when it expires — here, around 2030 (approximate, from DOF exemption records). Confirm your unit's status with NYS HCR.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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The building

2009

Built

Floors

Residential units

Mixed residential / commercial

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building15 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

377

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. 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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2153 ADM CODE THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BUILDING-WIDE INSPECTIONS, FEES, AND EXTENSIVE REPAIR WORK TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS AND UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. CHARGES FOR REPAIR WORK DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ORDER, IF NOT PAID, WILL BECOME LIENS ON THE PROPERTY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 2025-10-06

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 2025-01-28

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3Issued 2023-12-14

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''712''

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

158

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water44

Unsanitary Condition31

Paint/Plaster28

Water Leak18

General9

Plumbing8

Door/Window8

Appliance6

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

820

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential599

Street/Sidewalk142

Unspecified47

Vehicle22

Commercial8

House of Worship2

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

625

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony197

Misdemeanor327

Violation101

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 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2008-12-08

STOP ALL WORK. MISC. VIOLATIONS. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AN ORDER TO ST OP WORK BY DEPARTMENT. NOTED: AT TIME OF INSPECTION CELLAR & 1ST FL. I N PLACE, FRAMING 2ND FL. & JOB SITE IS UNDER PARTIAL SWO JUST TO DRIVE PILES ALONG EXP. 2 REMEDY: STOP ALL WORK IMMEDIATELY. COMPLY WITH NOTI CE OF VIOLATIONS.CALL EXCAVATION UNIT AT 212 442-1544 FOR REINSPECTION

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

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.

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

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 2025-03-18

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2024-02-29

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

Joyland East 214 LLC

Head officer

JOEL Grunwald

Managing agent

ABE FIXLER

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

106-02 NORTHERN BOULEVARDQUEENS 1262 BROADWAYBROOKLYN 1384 BOSTON ROADBRONX 1920 LORING PLACE SOUTHBRONX 380 GROVE STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

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 sale2016-02-26 · $1,350,000

Most recent mortgage2016-11-14 · $2,446,234.13

Mortgage2016-11-14$2,446,234.13

borrower JOYLAND EAST 214 LLC, HERTZ CLEARING LLC, A & F KJ LLC, 472 CHAUNCEY HOLDINGS LLC · lender BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA

Sale2016-02-26$1,350,000

BRICK EAGLE REALTY LLC → JOYLAND EAST 214 LLC

Mortgage2016-02-26$1,000,000

borrower JOYLAND EAST 214 LLC · lender S & W FOUNDATION INC.

Sale2014-01-13$710,000

RAMOS, KIM → BRICK EAGLE REALTY LLC

Sale2006-12-08$420,000

JAMES, JOYCE → DCRA DEVELOPMENT, LLC

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

Flagged for the 2025 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in water and sewer charges to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 10-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

10-day noticewater/sewer only2025-05-01

30-day noticeincl. property tax2025-04-01

60-day noticeincl. property tax2025-03-01

90-day noticeincl. property tax2025-02-01

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale