# 738 East 243 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2051150047/738-east-243-street-bronx).
BBL 2051150047 · BIN 2071921 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 254 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 72 apartments
- 131 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 55 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 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

Currently on AEP, the city's most-distressed-buildings program, since 2022-01-31.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 72 stabilized units for 2023, of about 72 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2020: 72, 2021: 72, 2022: 144, 2023: 72.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1929, 6 floors, 72 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

746 open (class C immediately hazardous: 254, class B hazardous: 363, class A non-hazardous: 126); 2,408 on record.
131 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
55 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 50 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

5 active of 114 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

151 in the last 12 months; 912 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (298), UNSANITARY CONDITION (160), PAINT/PLASTER (89), PLUMBING (68), WATER LEAK (63).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

27 cases on record, 0 open, 19 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: SDF EAST 243RD STREET, HDFC
- Agent: HSC MANAGEMENT CORP.
- HeadOfficer: GERALD MASCUCH
- SiteManager: DIONIS FLORES

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (GERALD MASCUCH at 138-02 QUEENS BLVD).

## 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/2051150047/738-east-243-street-bronx