3494 Seymour Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-04720-0001BIN 2117045Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0184 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 158 apartments
0250 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 eviction 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 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 146 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 158 apartments.

2018 — 146 units registered2023 — 146

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1935

Built

Floors

158

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 41 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 building5 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. 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. This tax lot has 15 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4AIssued 2021-01-075+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4A, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2025-05-285 violations

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQFT AT CEILING WEST AND NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH · HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH · Notice issued, not yet certified

3 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING, WEST AND NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH · Notice issued, not yet certified
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH · Notice issued, not yet certified
§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH · Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2023-07-14

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APROXIMATELY 3SQ.FT AT CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 15774516 ISSUED 14-MAR-23 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2BIssued 2022-05-203 violations

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APROXIMATELY 3 SQ.FT AT WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 14782485 ISSUED 19-JAN-22 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APROXIMATELY 4 SQ.FT AT NORTH WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 14782484 ISSUED 19-JAN-22 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

1 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT WEST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 14782486 ISSUED 19-JAN-22 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

305

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water153

Unsanitary Condition66

Paint/Plaster19

Door/Window17

General15

Plumbing12

Appliance7

Electric7

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

473

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential237

Vehicle131

Street/Sidewalk93

Unspecified6

Commercial6

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

290

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony85

Misdemeanor144

Violation61

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

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

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-09-05Apt 2Aresidential

2023-08-31Apt 3Aresidential

2023-08-22Apt GAresidential

2023-02-23Apt 4Bresidential

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: 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 2026-09-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2025-10-21

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-09-26

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2021-10-12

Tenant action

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

Eastchester Heights property owner LLC

Head officer

ANDREW SCHWARTZ

Managing agent

Eastchester Heights property owner LLC

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

312 WEST 43 STREETMANHATTAN 3436 CORSA AVENUEBRONX 3436 FENTON AVENUEBRONX 3438 FISH AVENUEBRONX 3438 WILSON AVENUEBRONX

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 sale2024-12-19 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-11-01 · $15,000,000

Sale2024-12-19no recorded price

EASTCHESTER HEIGHTS PROPERTY OWNER LLC → EASTCHESTER HEIGHTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPO

Sale2024-10-31no recorded price

EASTCHESTER HEIGHTS LP → EASTCHESTER HEIGHTS PROPERTY OWNER LLC

Mortgage2021-11-01$15,000,000

borrower EASTCHESTER HEIGHTS PROPERTY OWNER LLC · lender WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sale2018-08-22no recorded price

EASTCHESTER HEIGHTS LP → EASTCHESTER HEIGHTS PROPERTY OWNER LLC

Mortgage2018-08-22$5,000,000

borrower EASTCHESTER HEIGHTS PROPERTY OWNER LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE MULTIFAMILY FINANCE, 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

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.