# 4188 Barnes Avenue, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2048570082/4188-barnes-avenue-bronx).
BBL 2048570082 · BIN 2064244 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 5 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)

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 19 stabilized units for 2023, of about 19 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 18, 2019: 19, 2020: 19, 2021: 19, 2022: 19, 2023: 19.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1927, 5 floors, 19 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

41 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 27, class A non-hazardous: 7); 121 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 5 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

28 in the last 12 months; 52 on record.
Most common: WATER LEAK (8), APPLIANCE (7), PAINT/PLASTER (7), UNSANITARY CONDITION (7), FLOORING/STAIRS (6).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 5 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: RICK HERMAN
- Agent: Josh Spitzer
- CorporateOwner: 4188 BARNES AVE BRONX LLC
- SiteManager: Josh Spitzer

The same owner is linked to 66 other buildings (RICK HERMAN at 261 Lenox Road OFFICE).

## 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/2048570082/4188-barnes-avenue-bronx