496 East 139th Street, Bronx, NY 10454

The five-story, 15-unit Old Law Tenement building at 496 East 139th Street in Mott Haven, managed by Martin Kirzner and constructed in 1910, has recently experienced several maintenance issues affecting resident comfort and safety. Of particular concern are multiple heat and hot water outages reported in April 2025, with four separate complaints within a two-week period, three of which were classified as emergencies.

More recently, in May 2025, the building received multiple HPD violations related to various maintenance issues, including problems with doors, cabinets, flooring, and plumbing fixtures, as well as reports of pests, all of which resulted in violation notices that the property owner must address. The building has an open violation from February 2024 regarding access to the heating system in the boiler room and another from the same inspection period related to inadequate heating in apartment 1B.

Prior to these recent issues, the building had documented some maintenance concerns in 2024, including problems with public area flooring, roof door security, and several encumbrances in common areas. However, it's worth noting that the building has consistently passed rodent inspections from 2010 through 2023, and there have been no reported bedbug infestations in the past six reporting periods, with all records showing zero infested units. The property has maintained its compliance with annual bedbug and pest reporting requirements, and while there are multiple closed violations from 2024-2025, it appears the building management has generally responded to and closed out these violations, though many remain in the "open" status as of the most recent inspections.