664 Beck Street, Bronx, NY 10455

The 42-unit, 6-story New Law Tenement building at 664 Beck Street in Longwood, owned by Ismene Speliotis and constructed in 1925, has experienced notable maintenance and safety concerns in recent years. Of particular concern is a series of smoking-related violations in 2025, with five documented incidents of smoking or vaping in smoke-free areas between April and June 2025.

The building has also faced multiple heating and water supply issues in early 2025, including several emergency complaints regarding heat/hot water problems both for individual apartments and the entire building. A significant cluster of heating system issues was documented in January 2025, with multiple complaints about heating and hot water problems affecting different parts of the building. The building is currently facing several open Environmental Control Board violations from late 2024, including issues with ceiling conditions in apartment D51, and concerns about Plexiglass installations and door self-closing mechanisms in the first-floor vestibule area.

There has been a troubling pattern of maintenance violations regarding energy efficiency compliance, with multiple open violations for failure to file required benchmarking reports between 2019 and 2021. Recent construction activities have generated multiple complaints, including issues with debris, construction safety compliance, and building vibrations in early 2025, though most of these complaints were subsequently resolved. The building has maintained a clean record with respect to bedbugs and rodents, with no infestations reported in recent filings and passing rodent inspections observed in 2023, 2017, 2015, 2013, and 2010, with only one failed inspection for other reasons in 2013.