Bronx owner of 43 units ordered to shed a leaning parapet

The owner of 2256 Walton Avenue, a 43-unit, five-story Bronx walk-up built in 1926, was told on September 16 to hire a licensed contractor and put up a sidewalk shed immediately, after Department of Buildings inspectors found a parapet leaning inward and at risk of collapse. The shed order is the clearest sign yet that the building needs capital before it can be sold or refinanced.

Why it matters

For lenders and buyers of Bronx rent-stabilized-era stock, a DOB emergency work order is a cost and a timeline problem. The owner must pay for a shed, an engineer’s evaluation of the whole building and a corrective action plan, all before any facade repair starts. Related coverage: 535 West 160th Street drew a similar Class 1 violation two weeks later.

Inspectors also cited a large vertical crack in the brick near the courtyard corner and a missing 2025 parapet observation report, which was due to DOB by September 30. The ECB violation, number 35718693M, is Class 1, status active, with a hearing pending.

The numbers

• 43 residential units, five stories, built 1926 (city tax data).
• Three DOB violations on 2026-09-16, one of them the emergency work order.
• ECB balance due: $2,500, hearing status pending.
• HPD lists 53 open violations: 6 Class C (immediately hazardous), 37 Class B and 10 Class A.
• Owner of record in tax data is A&G Asset Holdings LLC. The HPD registration names H G 2256 Walton Corp as corporate owner, with Annal Management Co., Ltd. as agent, and shows an end date of September 1, 2026. We could not tell from these records whether the two entities are related.

What’s next

The corrective action plan has no due date in the violation text, and the DOB record shows no disposition yet. We found no HPD vacate order for the building. Watch for a DOB follow-up inspection, an ECB hearing date, and an updated HPD registration. Our market page, New York, tracks the next filings.