Bronx Landlord Fined $6,250 After 6th-Floor Landing Collapse

A Class 1 Environmental Control Board violation issued against 2308 Crotona Avenue in the Bronx details a sixth-floor landing that collapsed and exposed structural rebar, the most severe category the city issues for an occupied residential building. The Department of Buildings fined the owner, 2308 Crotona Realty LLC, $6,250 after an October 16 inspection, with a hearing scheduled for January 15, 2027.

Why it matters

Class 1 violations mark conditions DOB considers immediately hazardous, the same tier used for structural failures that can displace tenants or cause injury. The violation, filed as ECB number 39208211X, describes a sixth-floor landing that collapsed and left rebar exposed, alongside a separate condition cited in Apartment 19: a corroded pipe, a leaking faucet, and an unstable floor with missing tiles. The building sits on Block 3102, Lot 7 in the Bronx, under Building Identification Number 2012824. Public news coverage of the incident at this specific address could not be located as of this writing, and the DOB record itself does not indicate whether anyone was injured when the landing gave way.

The numbers

The penalty imposed on 2308 Crotona Realty LLC is $6,250, and the full balance remains due. DOB served and issued the violation on October 16, 2026. The hearing is scheduled for January 15, 2027, with the case still listed as pending. The LLC’s registered address on file with the city is in New City, New York, in Rockland County, a common pattern for Bronx multifamily ownership structured through out-of-borough holding entities rather than local management. Court filings tie the building to Yakov Basmanov, named as the borrower on a $7.87 million pair of loans covering 2308 Crotona Avenue and the adjacent 2304 Crotona Avenue; lender Fairview Partners Investment Management, which bought the debt in 2022, sued in Bronx County this year to foreclose after both loans went into default, according to PincusCo.

What’s next

The case moves toward its January hearing with the balance unpaid, and any further DOB inspection of the building’s stairwells or structural elements would typically register in the same Open Data violations feed used to confirm this record. For New York multifamily owners more broadly, a Class 1 citation this specific, naming an exposed structural member in writing rather than a general maintenance complaint, tends to draw closer reinspection scrutiny than an ordinary ticket, and a failure to correct it on schedule carries escalating ECB penalties under the city’s code.