There's a number that stops you cold when you're scrolling apartment listings in the Bronx: 8,587. That's the total HPD violation count logged against Parkchester South Condominium Assoc across four buildings — roughly 2,147 violations per building. For context, one violation is a bad day. Two thousand is a pattern.
The complaints tell the same story: 9,717 of them on record, meaning residents weren't just living with problems — they were calling them in. Repeatedly. The worst-performing address in the portfolio is 14 Metropolitan Oval in the Bronx, 10462, which anchors a complex that has long been one of the larger residential footprints in the borough.
An average score of 3.5 out of 10 — pulled from NYC Open Data and HPD's own enforcement records — puts this landlord well into watchlist territory. Scores in that range typically reflect a sustained backlog of open violations: heat and hot water failures, mold, peeling lead paint, broken locks, elevator outages. The kind of conditions that don't fix themselves and don't disappear just because a lease is signed.
Here's what makes the complaint-to-violation ratio worth noting: nearly 10,000 complaints filed against a four-building portfolio suggests residents have been persistent. That persistence matters. Under NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development rules, unresolved violations can give tenants legal standing to withhold rent, pursue repairs through Housing Court, or file for a rent reduction — but only if there's a paper trail. These 9,717 complaints are that trail.
If you're apartment hunting in Parkchester or anywhere in the northeast Bronx, this is the kind of landlord history worth pulling before you sign anything. Management scores this low rarely reflect a single bad year; they reflect how a building is run. And 8,587 violations don't accumulate by accident.
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