735 East 242 Street

Bronx, NY

BBL 2-05115-0001BIN 2071907Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
0310 active DOB violation(s)
0410 evictions 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 63 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 63 apartments.

2018 — 63 units registered2023 — 63

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

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

Energy-efficiency grade

Grade D — least efficient

ENERGY STAR score 24 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 building11 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

850

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1DIssued 2026-10-082 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1D, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''745''
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1D, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''745''

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5BIssued 2025-10-27

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUMED LEAD PAINT AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE-USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''735''

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-08-04

§ 27-2056.4(H) AND 27-2056.17 ADM CODE -CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY OWNER PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW 1 OF 2004 RELATED TO LEAD-BASED PAINT NOTICES, INSPECTIONS AND REMEDIATION/ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2021-07-095+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

400

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water258

Unsanitary Condition31

Paint/Plaster29

Flooring/Stairs16

Plumbing16

Appliance14

Door/Window14

Electric11

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

148

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential93

Street/Sidewalk27

Commercial13

Unspecified8

Vehicle7

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

196

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony64

Misdemeanor93

Violation39

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

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 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.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2023-06-27

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED.BLDG SFFRD A 3-ALARM FIRE ON 6/14/23& SUSTAIND STRCTRL DMGE TO CENTER WING W/BLDG ADDRESS 739,W/MAJORITY OF DMGE OVER A7B APT LINES ON TOP FL.3 COMMSSNR ORDRS FOR EMERGENCY WRK ONSITE PE TO PRVDE DAILY PRGRESS REPORTS FOR EMERGENCY WORK UNTIL COMPLETION.DAILY RPORTS TO INCLDE WRK PRGRESS CMPLTD

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2023-06-20

EMERGENCY WORK.BLDG SFFRD A 3-ALARM FIRE ON 6/14/237SUSTAIND STRCTRL DMGE TO CENTER WING W/BLDG ADDRESS#739.SEVERELY FIRE DMGD ROOF&APPRX 15FTW X 25FTD PARTIAL CLLPSE OF ROOF@EXP2/3(NORTHEAST)CRNR OF.IMMED INSTALL NEW CEMENT PLASTER CEILING TO MATCH EXISTNG IN KIND.MATERIALS TO BE SPECIFIED BY NYS RA ARCHITECT TO MEET

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2023-06-20

EMERGENCY WORK.BLDG SFFRD A 3-ALARM FIRE ON 6/14/23&SUSTAIND STRCTRL DMGE TO CENTER WING W/ADDRESS 739.SEVERELY FIRE DMGD ROOF&APPRX 15FTW X 25FTD PARTIAL CLLPSE OF ROOF@EXP2/3(NORTHWEST)CNRNR OF CENTER WING OVER APT.IMMED INSTALL SDWALK SHED IN REAR COURTYARD TO PROVIDE OVRHEAD PRTCTION@UNBRACD WALLS PER PE DRCTION.FILE W/IN 2 BUSDAYS OF

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

ConstructionClass 22023-06-22$1,250 penalty

BoilersClass 22023-06-22$625 penalty

PlumbingClass 12017-05-09$800 penalty

PlumbingClass 12016-10-27$1,600 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-09-11Apt 3Aresidential

2026-07-17Apt 3Dresidential

2026-02-05Apt 5Bresidential

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 2025-02-05

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-12-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-06-21

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2023-07-13

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

PARKASH 242 LLC

Head officer

VED PARKASH

Managing agent

VED PARKASH

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

11 WEST 172 STREETBRONX 1718 GRAND AVENUEBRONX 180 EAST 163 STREETBRONX 2000 ANTHONY AVENUEBRONX 2487 DAVIDSON AVENUEBRONX

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2001-05-31 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2015-09-02 · $5,597,709.01

Mortgage2015-09-02$5,597,709.01

borrower PARKASH 242 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2012-03-27$1,553,439.03

borrower PARKASH 242 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2009-02-18$3,644,988.62

borrower PARKASH 242 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2004-06-16$963,460.27

borrower PARKASH 242 LLC · lender NORTH FORK BANK

Mortgage2001-08-02$1,952,185.12

borrower PARKASH 242 LLC. · lender ROSLYN SAVINGS BANK

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