1115 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10459

1115 Westchester Avenue is a 5-story, 11-unit single room occupancy (SRO) building constructed in 1910, currently owned by Madelin Weiss. The property has experienced recurring maintenance and pest issues over recent years, with the most recent incidents including a plumbing water supply problem in October 2024 and ongoing bedbug reporting violations as of April 2024.

The building has a documented history of rodent problems, with inspections showing rat activity in 2023 (April and June) and multiple instances between 2019-2023 leading to several Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) interventions. The property has also faced challenges with vermin infestations, particularly in apartment 410 where violations were issued in 2022 for both bedbugs and roaches. Previous maintenance issues include a heat and hot water outage in late 2021, cooking gas problems in 2019, and multiple bedbug violations requiring annual reporting as mandated by NYC housing regulations.

The building's elevator system is currently under a Department of Buildings violation from 2019 for failing to correct Category 1 defects from a 2017 inspection. Despite these challenges, there have been periods of compliance, as evidenced by the passage of several inspections between 2016-2019, though recent inspections have shown repeated pest reoccurrences and other maintenance concerns. The property owner has submitted bedbug reports for the years 2021-2023, showing varying numbers of affected units, with the most recent report indicating no active infestations but with previous years showing multiple infested units.