900 Fox Street, Bronx, NY 10459

900 Fox Street is a five-story, 40-unit New Law tenement building located in Longwood and constructed in 1922, currently owned by Jennifer Lau. The building has experienced significant maintenance challenges in recent months, particularly regarding heating and hot water systems. Between September 2023 and February 2025, there were numerous complaints and violations related to inadequate heating, hot water, and gas supply, including a verified lack of hot water and gas service affecting multiple fifth-floor apartments in September 2023, which resulted in an Environmental Control Board violation with an $825 penalty.

More recently, in February 2025, open complaints regarding cooking gas issues were filed and remain unresolved. The building has a concerning history of major structural and safety issues, most notably a two-alarm fire that occurred on September 13, 2023, which caused significant damage to the roof and affected approximately 20 apartments. This incident resulted in multiple active violations regarding structural compromise and emergency repairs, including damage to roof framing and joists that required immediate temporary repairs.

The building's exterior has also been documented as needing repair, with an active ECB violation from February 2024 citing disrepair of exterior cement stucco conditions in the courtyard and rear yard. Despite these significant issues, the building has maintained compliance with rodent inspections, passing all inspections since 2010, and has shown relatively low bedbug infestation rates, with only one documented case in 2022. Recent Housing Maintenance Code violations from October 2024 show gas supply issues affecting multiple apartments (2C, 2D, 3C, 3D, 4C, 4D, 5B, 5C, and 5D) throughout the building, though these violations were not certified as corrected in the available records.