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2168 Crotona Avenue

792Records
12City systems
194Open violations
2917.3Penalty rate
Bronx · ZIP 10457 · Neighborhood: Tremont
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792 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 243 311 service requests, 225 HPD housing violations, 185 HPD complaints.

BoroughBronx 10457
Built1910
Floors3
Res. units3
ClassC0
Owner (PLUTO)SAYWACK, DANNY
BBL2030980023
BIN2012767, 2127643

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GRADE F

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 2917.3. In ZIP 10457, 34% of residential buildings hold an A and 24% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations194 total — 48 class C (immediately hazardous), 124 class B, 22 class A. Oldest open since 2014-02-06.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

42 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 31 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

31
’24–25
8
’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$196,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

127 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (43) · HEAT/HOT WATER (18) · Blocked Driveway (10) · DOOR/WINDOW (8) · Building/Use (6) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1910)
NoSix or more residential units (3)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)JOYCE SAYWACK
Last registered2024-10-03

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$880,000 $52,800
2026$944,000 $56,640
2027$1,066,000 $63,960

The city's market estimate has risen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayWest Farms Sq-E Tremont Av — 2 5 · 0.7 mi straight-line (about a 19-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
182-183 Sts — B D · 0.8 mi straight-line (about a 22-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Crotona Av / E 182 St — Bx17 · 100 ft
Citi BikeE 182 St & Belmont Ave · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 057 Crescent. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.

Report a problem to 311

2168 Crotona Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

127 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 18 of them about heat or hot water.

311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $738,500 on 2025-04-24 (recorded via MERS, the industry registry; the lender is not named on the record). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-04-24Mortgage $738,500 — from SAYWACK, DANNY to MERS $738,500
2006-01-31Agreement $133,500 — from SAYWACK, JOYCE; SAWAK, JAI PRAKASH to M & T MORTGAGE CORP. $133,500
2006-01-31Mortgage $5,381 — from SAWAK, JAI PRAKASH; SAYWACK, JOYCE to M & T MORTGAGE CORPORATION $5,381
1990-07-23Mortgage $146,000 — from SAYWACK, JOYCE; SAWAK, JAI PRAKASH to EMPBANQUE CAPITAL CORP $146,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170340236
20180412346
2019061411
202007018
20210311133
202206129
20230311537
2024320535216
20251216419186
20263213330
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The full timeline

Enforcement 28Housing & tenants 661Ownership & money 28Health & systems 75

Every one of the 792 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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