What the record shows

Paul Moore holds 58 buildings with a current record and 1,467 open violations between them. The weight is not even: 1690 Longfellow Avenue accounts for 13% of it, while eight of the 58 have nothing open at all. Tenants filed 2,514 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, spread across the portfolio rather than sitting in one address.

Where the buildings are 36 of the 58 buildings with a current record — 62% — are in Bronx, with the rest spread across one other borough. Manhattan accounts for 22.

How the violations are distributed Open violations are not spread evenly across these buildings. 1690 Longfellow Avenue alone carries 196 of them — 13% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and six buildings hold half of the total. Behind it sit 1125 Evergreen Avenue with 179 and 50 Morningside Avenue with 99.

Violations per apartment Across 1,711 apartments the portfolio runs 0.86 open violations per unit. 22 buildings average at least one open violation for every apartment in them.

The split inside the portfolio 8 of the 58 buildings with a current record have nothing open against them today, while 50 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 2,514 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, or 1.47 per apartment. The heaviest was 106 West 142 Street with 250. 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 1920, and 58 of 58 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 1504 Longfellow Avenue 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 2,276 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 1,201 of them — 53% — have since been cleared, and 1,074 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.

Paul Moore

NYC landlord portfolio: 58 buildings we track, with violations, complaints and repair history for each.

Adding violation and complaint figures…