Matthew Lawrence
Matthew Lawrence is listed in NYC building registrations or deeds for 21 buildings. Brix tracks 515 open violations across the buildings listed below, with an adjusted rating of concerning.
What the record shows
Matthew Lawrence holds 21 buildings with a current record and 529 open violations between them. The weight is not even: 280 East 161 Street accounts for 40% of it, while 12 of the 21 have nothing open at all. Tenant complaints run the same way — 607 in the last 12 months, 33% of them from 280 East 161 Street alone.
Where the buildings are All 21 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. 280 East 161 Street alone carries 214 of them — 40% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and two buildings hold half of the total. Behind it sit 101 East 165 Street with 129 and 103 East 165 Street with 115.
Violations per apartment Across 1,173 apartments the portfolio runs 0.45 open violations per unit. four buildings average at least one open violation for every apartment in them.
The split inside the portfolio 12 of the 21 buildings with a current record have nothing open against them today, while 9 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 607 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, or 0.52 per apartment. The heaviest was 280 East 161 Street with 200. 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 1925, and 20 of 21 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.
How long things stay open The longest-standing open item in the portfolio is at 103 East 165 Street and has been open 4.0 years. An old open violation is not a paperwork lag — it is a condition the city recorded and has not been shown to be corrected.
What has moved in the last two years 931 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 586 of them — 63% — have since been cleared, and 345 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.
How buildings are linked: by HPD registration, deed, or a confirmed parent company. Being named as a head officer or managing agent is not the same as owning.