# 730 East 221 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2046680073/730-east-221-street-bronx).
BBL 2046680073 · BIN 2058146 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 11 apartments
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 12 stabilized units for 2023, of about 11 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 12, 2019: 12, 2020: 12, 2021: 12, 2022: 12, 2023: 12.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1928, 4 floors, 11 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

4 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 1); 12 on record.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 11 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 3 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 2 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2).

## Bedbugs

6 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

3 executed in the last 3 years; 7 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: EAST 221ST LLC
- Agent: GERARDO ROMERO
- HeadOfficer: GERARDO ROMERO
- Officer: NELLY CHANGROMERO
- SiteManager: GERARDO ROMERO

The same owner is linked to 10 other buildings (GERARDO ROMERO at 3222 BRONXWOOD AVE).

## 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/2046680073/730-east-221-street-bronx