212 Willis Avenue, Bronx, NY 10454

212 Willis Avenue is an 8-unit, 5-story Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1931, currently owned by Tangela Knight, located in the Mott Haven neighborhood. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the years, with particular concern around its fire safety systems. In January 2019, three separate violations were recorded regarding defective fire escape components at various levels, including missing drop ladder shoes and broken gusset plates on the 2nd and 4th story balconies, though these were subsequently certified as corrected.

More recently, starting in June 2023, the building has been issued multiple active violations for failing to submit required high-pressure inspections spanning from 2018 through 2022, totaling at least eight violations that remain unresolved in the DOB system. The building's environmental and safety record shows a mixture of compliance and violations. In 2018, there were serious boiler-related issues documented, including multiple safety violations with the boiler room conditions and an Oath violation served.

Previous vacate orders were defaced in January 2018, though this violation was resolved. While the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations over the past several years (2019-2024), with no reported cases, it has faced ongoing challenges with rodent control. Most recently, in 2023, there have been multiple instances of rat activity requiring bait application, with the latest rodent inspection in September 2023 still showing evidence of rat activity. The property has also received two separate complaints regarding a daycare facility in 2022 and 2024, though specific outcomes of these complaints are not detailed in the records.