2049 BARTOW AVENUE is a late-20th-century 1969 building, 33 floors, 10,948 units in Co-op City, NYC. Owned by RIVERBAY CORPORATION. Public records show 4,836 open violations, 1,074 311 complaints, 144 active litigation matters on file. Tenant-impact history includes 97 evictions. Lucid Rents has 34 verified tenant reviews on this building.
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Bronx · February 2026
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§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK OVER THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ.FT AT WATER LINE PIPES AT CEILING ( NEAR LAUNDRY ROOM DOOR) AT PUBLIC HALL
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ.FT AT WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 19J, 19th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT PUBLIC HALL NEAR LAUNDRY AND COMPACTOR CLOSET ROOM AT PUBLIC HALL
Pros: Well maintained building, management is responsive. Cons: Sometime the elevators aren’t clean.
CCPD don't do nothing, if you go to section 5, 2 and especially 4 and that's an easy way to get robbed. I have come home late at night and seen multiple despicable actions. This place is a dump, it's the p…
Pros: The building is familiar. It’s central to both stop and shops and buses and my floor is very nice and never too dirty Cons: Maintenance has gone down in terms of quality and I think everyone feels it. I have to ho…
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Co-op City is the largest cooperative housing development in the world — 15,000 apartments in 35 towers and townhouses built in the late 1960s. It's its own self-contained community with shopping centers, schools, and a large African-American and Caribbean population. Affordable and insular.
Eviction Executed — Apt 22D — Possession
Eviction Executed — Apt 18C — Possession
Eviction Executed — Apt 17F — Possession
Eviction Executed — Apt 27H — Possession
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATH
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK OVER THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM
HPD Class A Violation — § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ.FT AT WATER LINE PI
HPD Class C Violation — § 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATION
HPD Class B Violation — § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT PUBLIC HALL NEAR LA
HPD Class A Violation — § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ.FT AT WEST WALL IN