# 855 East 217 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2046760110/855-east-217-street-bronx).
BBL 2046760110 · BIN 2116173 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 40 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 31 apartments
- 27 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 14 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 4 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2023-06-20.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 30 stabilized units for 2018, of about 31 apartments.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2006, 6 floors, 31 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

126 open (class C immediately hazardous: 40, class B hazardous: 63, class A non-hazardous: 23); 1,742 on record.
27 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
14 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 36 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 88 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

97 in the last 12 months; 568 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (120), PAINT/PLASTER (94), PLUMBING (66), DOOR/WINDOW (54), HEAT/HOT WATER (49).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

27 cases on record, 0 open, 23 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2019 (90-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: ASTORIA PLAZA LLC
- Agent: MAYER KAUFMAN
- HeadOfficer: ILAN COHEN
- SiteManager: Eli Fisher

The same owner is linked to 4 other buildings (ILAN COHEN at 124-19 METROPOLITAN AVENUE).

## 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/2046760110/855-east-217-street-bronx