1246 Teller Avenue, Bronx, NY 10456

The three-story, ten-unit New Law Tenement building at 1246 Teller Avenue in Concourse Village, owned by Joel Retek and constructed in 1930, has experienced recurring pest management challenges over the past three years. Most notably, while the building has maintained a zero-infestation status in its mandatory annual bedbug reports for 2023-2024 (with no infested, eradicated, or re-infested units reported), there is concerning evidence of rodent activity.

Between 2022 and 2025, eight out of eleven rodent inspections revealed either rat activity or compliance failures for other reasons, with only three inspections passing without incident. The building's history shows regular bedbug report violations between 2021 and 2023, though these appeared to be administrative oversights rather than indications of an active infestation, as subsequent reports showed no bedbug issues. Recent inspection patterns indicate an ongoing struggle with rodent presence, with the most recent inspection in July 2025 documenting rat activity.

The building's management has shown some compliance with pest management requirements, as evidenced by the transition from bedbug report violations in 2021-2023 to a clean record in 2024-2025. However, the persistence of rodent issues suggests continued attention is needed to address this public health concern. The property has also had one Department of Buildings complaint related to sweeping in November 2022, which was investigated the following day with no violations found at that time.