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2537 Decatur Avenue

A 5-story building with 27 apartments, built in 1913, in the Bronx, NY 10458.

Addresses on the lot: 2535 to 2539 Decatur Avenue.

HPD records as of November 4, 2026

34open HPD violations19 immediately hazardous
28complaints to HPD, past year9 about heat or hot water
27rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
September 2024latest housing court case18 cases on record, all years

2537 Decatur Avenue has 34 open HPD violations, 19 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 28 complaints to HPD in the past year, 9 about heat or hot water. It is registered to NIZAO REALTY CORP. 27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 2537 Decatur Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 34 open violations as of November 4, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most19
B, hazardous30 days7
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days8

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 3 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 28 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 4, 2026, 9 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 2537 Decatur Avenue?

2537 Decatur Avenue is registered with HPD to NIZAO REALTY CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in September 2024. HPD’s record has 18 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

The building is in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, which takes on the city’s worst-maintained buildings.

It is on the city’s Speculation Watch List: rent-regulated buildings sold at prices that suggest the buyer plans to push rents up.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 24% of residential buildings in 10458 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 2537 Decatur Avenue rent stabilized?

27 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2019. That’s 27 of the building’s 27 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 4, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 2-03275-0057.