What the record shows

Where the buildings are All 10 buildings sit in Bronx. A single-borough portfolio means one set of inspectors, one housing court, and one local complaint pattern behind every number on this page.

How the violations are distributed Open violations are not spread evenly across these buildings. 1305 Findlay Avenue alone carries 6 of them — 55% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and one building holds half of the total.

Violations per apartment Across 83 apartments the portfolio runs 0.13 open violations per unit. No single building in the portfolio averages a full open violation per apartment.

The split inside the portfolio 8 of the 10 buildings with a current record have nothing open against them today, while 2 do. Portfolio-level averages hide that split, which is why the list is worth reading one row at a time.

What tenants called in Tenants filed 116 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, or 1.40 per apartment. The heaviest was 639 Faile Street with 88. Complaints and violations are separate records — a complaint that closed without an inspector getting inside leaves no violation behind it.

Age of the stock The median building here went up in 1930, and 9 of 10 predate 1960. Pre-1960 buildings carry lead-paint and window-guard obligations that newer stock does not, which shapes what turns up in an inspection.

What has moved in the last two years 56 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 45 of them — 80% — have since been cleared, and 11 are still open. That ratio moves between city sweeps, which is why a standing total on its own says less than it looks like it does.

Brix tracks 10 NYC buildings linked to Joe Lefko, including 1014 Nelson Avenue in Bronx.

Joe Lefko

NYC landlord portfolio: 10 buildings we track, with violations, complaints and repair history for each.

Adding violation and complaint figures…