What the record shows

Sam Klein holds 68 buildings with a current record and 1,478 open violations between them. The weight is not even: 413 East 98 Street accounts for 8% of it, while five of the 68 have nothing open at all. Tenants filed 2,438 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, spread across the portfolio rather than sitting in one address.

Where the buildings are 34 of the 68 buildings with a current record — 50% — are in Bronx, with the rest spread across two other boroughs. Brooklyn accounts for 23; Manhattan accounts for 11.

How the violations are distributed Open violations are not spread evenly across these buildings. 413 East 98 Street alone carries 124 of them — 8% of everything open across the buildings with a current record — and ten buildings hold half of the total. Behind it sit 2036 Cruger Avenue with 96 and 913 East 179 Street with 85.

Violations per apartment Across 1,824 apartments the portfolio runs 0.81 open violations per unit. 24 buildings average at least one open violation for every apartment in them.

The split inside the portfolio 5 of the 68 buildings with a current record have nothing open against them today, while 63 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 2,438 complaints against these buildings in the last 12 months, or 1.34 per apartment. The heaviest was 2056 Honeywell Avenue with 219. 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 57 of 68 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 1232 Fulton 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 3,675 violations were written against these buildings in the last 24 months. 2,677 of them — 73% — have since been cleared, and 998 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.

Sam Klein

NYC landlord portfolio: 68 buildings we track, with violations, complaints and repair history for each.

Adding violation and complaint figures…