769 Melrose Avenue, Bronx, NY 10451

769 Melrose Avenue is a 12-unit, 5-story Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1931, currently owned by Robert Yakubov. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with eight such complaints filed between December 2024 and February 2025, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building. While HPD inspections generally found no violations or confirmed corrections, the frequency of these complaints suggests ongoing system challenges.

The building showed significant maintenance issues in 2024, including a violation in July for improper use of Apartment 3C as a single room occupancy, and multiple pest control violations in apartments 5, 7, 10, and 11 related to roaches and mice infestations. Safety systems were also a concern, with violations in early 2023 regarding defective smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in Apartments 4 and 11. The property's external condition has been problematic, with several Housing Maintenance Code violations documented in 2018 regarding building walls and facades, including issues with missing mortar, cracked bricks, and decorative molding at various exposures, resulting in penalties totaling over $4,000.

More recently, two active violations from June 2023 remain unresolved related to failure to file external low-pressure inspections. Despite the building's challenges, recent bedbug reports from 2021 through 2025 show no infestations, and while there have been multiple rodent activity reports in 2023 (most recently in November), the building's pest management protocols appear to be addressing the issue, with bait applied during inspections. The building's maintenance history indicates ongoing attention to resident safety and comfort, though the recurring nature of certain complaints suggests persistent underlying issues.