1029 Rev James Polite Ave, Bronx, NY 10459

The 4-unit, 4-story Old Law Tenement building at 1029 Rev James Polite Ave in Longwood, built in 1915 and currently owned by Maria Tsahalis, has undergone several important inspections and reporting requirements over the past decade. Most notably, there has been a recurring issue with bedbug reporting compliance from 2021 to 2023, with violations issued in each of these years regarding the failure to file the required annual bedbug reports.

However, the most recent bedbug report filed in May 2025 indicates zero infested units, suggesting successful treatment and current maintenance of the building's pest control standards. The building underwent routine rodent inspections from 2010 to 2017, with all inspections except two in 2017 showing passing results, indicating generally good maintenance of pest control standards in this regard.

The two failed rodent inspections in October 2017 (Compliance) and August 2017 (Initial) are concerning, though they pre-date the most recent successful bedbug eradication efforts. Interestingly, these rodent inspection failures occurred within the same year that the bedbug reporting violations began, suggesting there may have been a period of general pest management challenges in the building during 2017-2018. Since then, however, there have been no reported issues with either bedbugs or rodents, and the building has maintained current bedbug reporting requirements as of the latest 2025 filing, showing improved adherence to housing maintenance code requirements.