2855 University Avenue
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- 13 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built in 1958
- Rent-stabilized: 45 units registered
Class B
Class C
past 12 months
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
past 12 mo (150m)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
2855 University Avenue
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- City records show 32 open HPD violations, 13 immediately hazardous (Class C) at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 1999 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Public records list 45 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show its legal regulated rent and lease history?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit….
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
2855 University Avenue sits in Bronx, ZIP 10468. The closest subway is Kingsbridge Rd (4) (8-minute walk), served by the 4 line.
Building Condition
- 2026-03-11 "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT WEST WALL LESS THAN 10 SQ. FT IN…"
- 2026-03-11 "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT WEST WALL LESS THAN 10 SQ. FT IN…"
- 2025-12-10 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH AND ASSEMBLYS AT DOOR AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 6th S…"
- 2025-07-02 "§ 27-2056.7, 27-2056.8, 27-2056.9 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING…"
- 2025-07-02 "§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SU…"
- 2025-07-02
- Class C · 13 open · penalty 195 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 16 open · penalty 80 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 3 open · penalty 3 · (1/ea)
- 2026-05-28 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
- 2026-02-03 · Apt 2C · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-01-05 · Apt 3C · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-10-27
- 2020-09-02 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2019-11-02 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- 2019-08-02 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
8 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2025). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
1 earlier hazard cited and remediated.
Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960 (this building: built 1958). The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
Also on record: 1 procedural §27-2056 violation (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2025) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 59
- PETIT LARCENY: 54
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 41
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 31
- GRAND LARCENY OF MOTOR VEHICLE: 27
- Illegal Parking: 441
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 432
- Noise - Residential: 232
- PLUMBING: 89
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 71
- BOCS, FERENC AKA FRANK
- BUI, TUAN M
- HC PAINT & SERVICES, CORP.
- P.S. 315 Lab School
- P.S. 360
- P.S. 340
- P.S. 315 Lab School
- The New School for Leadership and Journalism
- JHS 143 John Peter Tetard
- Walton High School
- High School of American Studies at Lehman College
- The Marie Curie School for Medicine, Nursing, and
- Kingsbridge Rd
- Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College
- Grade A
- Celia Cruz Bronx High School Of Music, The
- Major General John R Brown Triangle
- International School For Liberal Arts
- The New School For Leadership And Journalism
- Washington's Walk
- P.s. 340
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Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Optimum Cable Fiber Up to 8,000 Mbps down · 8,000 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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