861 Bruckner Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10459

861 Bruckner Boulevard is a three-story, three-unit residential building in the Longwood neighborhood, built in 1925 and classified as a New Law Single Room Occupancy property. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with five emergency complaints filed in August 2018 alone, all relating to the entire building, and one additional complaint in January 2019.

These complaints were primarily handled by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), though access to inspect some units was not granted during certain visits. More recently, the building has faced regulatory challenges, with open violations from 2021-2024 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required under Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) regulations. A Department of Buildings violation was issued in April 2023 concerning the failure to file the 2022 external low-pressure inspection.

The building has undergone periodic rodent inspections, with the most recent inspections in 2025 and 2023 passing successfully, though there were indications of rat activity in January 2019. Previous violations from August 2018 required corrections to several safety and maintenance issues, including the need to post gas leak procedures and provide an approved inspection certificate near mailboxes, as well as addressing issues with the building entrance door. While the building has seen improvements in certain areas, as evidenced by recent successful rodent inspections and the closure of some earlier violations, the ongoing open violations related to bedbug reporting requirements suggest persistent administrative compliance issues.