3548 Ely Avenue

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-04892-0025BIN 2115689

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

019 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 3 apartments
024 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 open rent-impairing violation(s)

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 DOB 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

On the NYC DHCR 2024 registered rent-stabilized building list. This official list records the building, not a per-year unit count.

421-a tax benefit · expires ~2027

A 421-a building's rent stabilization is tied to this tax benefit and generally ends when it expires — here, around 2027 (approximate, from DOF exemption records). Confirm your unit's status with NYS HCR.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

2008

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-11-20

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 2025-11-20RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 2025-11-20

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2Issued 2025-06-09

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC AREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12.

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water6

Water Leak4

General4

Plumbing3

Paint/Plaster2

Unsanitary Condition2

Safety1

Flooring/Stairs1

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

Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential32

Street/Sidewalk12

Unspecified11

Vehicle10

Commercial4

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

127

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony46

Misdemeanor63

Violation18

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 7 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2025-08-19

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2021-01-26

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

Francis Larbi

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2026 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2026-07-10 · $1,050,000

Most recent mortgage2026-07-10 · $1,030,981

Mortgage2026-07-10$1,030,981

borrower ASAMOAH, CECILIA OSEI, BOAKYE, MATTHEW · lender MERS

Sale2026-07-10$1,050,000

LARBI, FRANCIS → ASAMOAH, CECILIA OSEI, BOAKYE, MATTHEW

Mortgage2022-04-02$131,508.1

borrower LARBI, FRANCIS · lender SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Mortgage2020-07-17$13,039.86

borrower LARBI, FRANCIS · lender CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.

Mortgage2013-06-13$612,697

borrower LARBI, FRANCIS · lender MERS

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale