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641 Faile Street

BRONX, NY 10474 BBL 2027660016 8 units · 2 floors · 1930

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood
Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Hunts Point
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Rent & eviction protection

Is 641 Faile Street rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974
Built 1930
6 or more units
8 units
Registered with RGB
Not found
421-A / J-51 abatement
None found
Potential rent stabilization. Building age and size suggest eligibility — confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) or request a rent history.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

Augrented Insights
AI summary · updated June 2026

641 Faile Street is an 8-unit, 2-story residential building located in Hunts Point, constructed in 1930 and currently owned by Joe Lefko. The property has undergone a change in classification to "HEREAFTER CONVERTED CLASS A", indicating its current status as a regulated Class A building. In recent months, the building has experienced recurring safety-related concerns centered around its fire escape systems, with two emergency complaints logged in August and September 2024. While both complaints were investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and ultimately closed without any violations being issued, the pattern of complaints, occurring just weeks apart, suggests a potentially ongoing concern with the fire escape infrastructure.

On a positive note, the building maintains a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with the most recent pest control filings in December 2024 and February 2024 showing no reported cases of infestation, eradication, or re-infestation over the previous two-year periods (November 2022 - October 2023 and November 2023 - October 2024). This indicates effective pest management practices being maintained at the property. While the recent fire escape complaints warrant attention, the absence of infestation issues represents a notable aspect of the building's maintenance history.

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How we score buildings

How 641 Faile Street's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile
69th percentile

Out of 242 buildings in this neighborhood, 167 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted violation outcome
59.3%
No serious
violations
32.4%
Some violations
(1–9)
8.3%
Many violations
(10+)
Risk factors

What's driving this score

These are the three data points that most influenced this building's score — ranked by how much weight the model placed on each one.

Number of apartments

The number of residential units affects how the model interprets complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

Neighborhood location

The model uses precise location as a proxy for neighborhood-level risk patterns — some blocks have systematically higher violation rates.

Construction spend, landlord's portfolio

Estimated value of permitted work across all of this landlord's buildings.

Building characteristics
Total units8
Floors2
Year built1930
Gross area4,158 sq ft
Building class
Tax abatementNone
Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

Who's behind the building

641 Faile Street's landlord & ownership

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Corporate Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name
641 Faile Street LLC
Address
185 Spencer Street
Brooklyn, NY 11205
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