Crotona Park East, The Bronx: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Crotona Park East, Bronx, has 626 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 160 A, 68 B, 117 C, 103 D and 178 F. The median building has 6.7 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 6.7 across Bronx. 7,131 of its 13,485 residential units (53%) are rent-stabilized on the latest Department of Finance tax bills on file. The most common housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months were heat and hot water (2,589), unsanitary condition (1,415), and plumbing (921).

Crotona Park East by the numbers

1,391 residential buildings (13,485 units) on record. 18,699 open HPD violations (4,845 class C, immediately hazardous). 6,766 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 339 executed evictions in 3 years, 73 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 186 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Crotona Park East

Most open HPD violations per 10 units. Graded rental buildings with 6 or more units; co-ops, condos and NYCHA are left out. Only buildings with an HPD violation issued in the last 24 months or a 311 housing complaint in the last 12 are listed.

  1. 1230 Southern Boulevard: 498.3 open violations per 10 units (299 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: QUEENS REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS INC
  2. 1302 Rev James Polite Ave: 491.3 open violations per 10 units (393 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: ECHOD REALTY GROUP LLC
  3. 1175 Vyse Avenue: 208.8 open violations per 10 units (167 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: VYSE REALTY LLC
  4. 1173 Vyse Avenue: 175 open violations per 10 units (140 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: VYSE REALTY LLC
  5. 1163 Hoe Avenue: 169 open violations per 10 units (169 open, 10 units), grade F, owner: WFHA HOME STREET LLC. (City program owner (HDFC))

Best five in Crotona Park East

Rental buildings graded A or B with 6 or more units and a current HPD registration, ordered by the housing-code violations HPD issued per 10 units in the last 3 years, then 311 housing complaints per 10 units in the last 12 months, then class C (immediately hazardous) violations issued in 3 years, then the median days HPD took to close a violation in the last 12 months. Size is never a tie-breaker. Co-ops, condos and public housing (NYCHA) are left out. At least 5 years of record. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 1137 Longfellow Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (10 units, built 1910), grade B, owner: G MAX-MANAGEMENT INC.
  2. 1148 Bryant Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (8 units, built 1910), grade B, owner: MAPLE AB LLC
  3. 1397 Stebbins Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (24 units, built 1909), grade A, owner: STEBBINS MGT LTD
  4. 1538 Minford Place: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (9 units, built 1909), grade A, owner: CROTONA PARK HOUSING LP
  5. 1492 Bryant Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (11 units, built 2020), grade A, owner: 1492 BRYANT LLC

Largest landlords in Crotona Park East

By units in Crotona Park East, among portfolios of 3 or more buildings and 50 or more units citywide. Names are as filed on HPD registrations. How totals are counted. Report an error.

  1. DERRICK LOVETT (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,159 units in 38 buildings
  2. NICHOLAS LEMBO (head officer on HPD registrations): 930 units in 4 buildings
  3. PAUL A MOORE (head officer on HPD registrations): 710 units in 13 buildings
  4. JENNIFER LAU (head officer on HPD registrations): 467 units in 12 buildings
  5. SCOTT JAFFEE (head officer on HPD registrations): 330 units in 3 buildings

Nearby neighborhoods

Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.