Pelham Gardens, The Bronx: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Pelham Gardens, Bronx, has 383 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 199 A, 35 B, 65 C, 49 D and 35 F. The median building has 0 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 6.7 across Bronx. 135 of its 9,066 residential units (1%) 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 (264), unsanitary condition (153), and plumbing (75).

Pelham Gardens by the numbers

4,963 residential buildings (9,066 units) on record. 5,382 open HPD violations (779 class C, immediately hazardous). 681 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 52 executed evictions in 3 years, 20 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 11 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Pelham Gardens

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. 2542 Paulding Avenue: 63.3 open violations per 10 units (38 open, 6 units), grade D, owner: ANGO REALTY LLC
  2. 1464 East Gun Hill Road: 57.3 open violations per 10 units (172 open, 30 units), grade F, owner: 1466 E GUN HILL RD CORP
  3. 2940 Dewitt Place: 53.3 open violations per 10 units (32 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: KING SKYLINE CORP.
  4. 1450 East Gun Hill Road: 50 open violations per 10 units (45 open, 9 units), grade F, owner: PEARL PLAZA.INC
  5. 2739 Lurting Avenue: 21.4 open violations per 10 units (15 open, 7 units), grade F, owner: Unionport LLC

Best five in Pelham Gardens

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. 2700 Wilson Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (23 units, built 1954), grade A, owner: MARIANI REALTY CORP.
  2. 1135 Pelham Parkway North: 2.1 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 1.3 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (52 units, built 1955), grade B, owner: PELHAM 1135, LLC
  3. 1469 Astor Avenue: 3.3 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (6 units, built 1926), grade B
  4. 1288 Adee Avenue: 3.3 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (6 units, built 1931), grade A, owner: DMJ Ventures LLC
  5. 1512 Schorr Place: 3.3 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (6 units, built 1936), grade A, owner: 1512 SCHORR PLACE LLC

Largest landlords in Pelham Gardens

By units in Pelham Gardens, 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. JOSEPH CAMERATA (head officer on HPD registrations): 877 units in 1 building
  2. PHILIP GOLDFARB (head officer on HPD registrations): 52 units in 1 building
  3. ARTHUR FRANCIOSA (head officer on HPD registrations): 14 units in 2 buildings
  4. JAVIER MONROY (head officer on HPD registrations): 8 units in 3 buildings
  5. Colleen McEntee (head officer on HPD registrations): 6 units in 4 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.