530 East 159 Street,Bronx, NY 10451

44 Units

Built in 1928

6 Floors

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In the past three years, this building had:
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Open Violations

A violation is issued to a building when a city inspector from NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development validates and confirms a complaint made to 311. The violations listed below are open violations that have yet to be addressed or have not been confirmed as resolved by the city.
This building has a total of 9 violations which is 0.2 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
2Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
3Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
4Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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Approval DateDescriptionCurrent Status
Apr 05, 2024§ 300 m/d law file plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration storage enclosure created with metal gate installed under north stairway soffit at public hall, 2nd storyNov sent out
Apr 05, 2024§ 300 m/d law file plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration storage enclosure created with metal gate installed under south stairway soffit at public hall, 2nd storyNov sent out

Property Owners and Associates

530 East 159 Street
Owner, Corporate Owner, Agent
2(1)

1 Property

44 Units

Carmen Escalera
Officer
2(1)

1 Property

44 Units

Maria Rivera
Site Manager, Head Officer, Lessee
2(1)

1 Property

44 Units

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Renter Recommendations

60% of renters recommend this building

60% of renters approve of this owner

Rents and Deposits

95% of renters received their security deposits back
It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.

Reviews

Could be better if they had better workers
Former Tenant
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Advice to owner:
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