# 967 East 224 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2048600010/967-east-224-street-bronx).
BBL 2048600010 · BIN 2064365 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 10 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 14 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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2021-06-24.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 5 stabilized units for 2019, of about 6 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 1930, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

25 open (class C immediately hazardous: 10, class B hazardous: 13, class A non-hazardous: 2); 762 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

14 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 18 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 16 on record; 0 decided by default; $1,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 85 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (32), DOOR/WINDOW (13), PAINT/PLASTER (10), APPLIANCE (6), PLUMBING (5).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

16 cases on record, 0 open, 10 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 224 STREET REALTY LLC
- Agent: JOSEPH BALAJ
- SiteManager: Joseph Balaj
- HeadOfficer: Joseph Balaj

The same owner is linked to 6 other buildings (Joseph Balaj at 3062 BAINBRIDGE 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/2048600010/967-east-224-street-bronx