291 East 149th Street, Bronx, NY 10451

The three-story, four-unit Old Law Tenement building at 291 East 149th Street in Melrose, owned by Lawrence Jaeger, has been operating since 1910 and has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years. As of January 2025, there have been two non-emergency complaints regarding flooring/stairs that were registered and closed within a week.

More notably, the building has accumulated an open violation related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports in accordance with Housing Maintenance Code requirements. This violation has remained open since March 2022, with similar bedbug report violations issued in April 2021, March 2022, and March 2023, suggesting an ongoing compliance issue with this particular requirement. The building has demonstrated proper attention to rodent control, passing inspections in June 2023, October 2012, September 2011, and May 2010.

The most recent rodent inspection in 2023 indicates that, despite the bedbug report compliance issues, the building has maintained a satisfactory record in terms of pest management. The persistent nature of the bedbug report violations over multiple years stands out as the most significant pattern in the building's recent history, while the flooring complaints in early 2025 represent the building's most current maintenance issues. The combination of bedbug report violations and recent flooring complaints suggests ongoing maintenance challenges within the building, though the property has consistently passed rodent inspections.