# 221 West 242 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2058011057/221-west-242-street-bronx).
BBL 2058011057 · BIN 2084213 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 7 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
- 7 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing 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 33 stabilized units for 2023, of about 34 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 33, 2019: 33, 2020: 33, 2021: 33, 2022: 33, 2023: 33.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1923, 5 floors, 34 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

45 open (class C immediately hazardous: 7, class B hazardous: 33, class A non-hazardous: 5); 196 on record.
7 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

8 in the last 12 months; 143 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (91), PAINT/PLASTER (13), FLOORING/STAIRS (8), GENERAL (6), PLUMBING (5).

## Bedbugs

7 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)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Manhattanway LLC
- Agent: Manhattanway LLC
- HeadOfficer: Sam Korn
- SiteManager: Francisco Medrano
- Officer: SAMUEL KORN

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (Sam Korn at 1274 49t street).

## 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/2058011057/221-west-242-street-bronx