1734 Townsend Avenue, Bronx, NY 10453

1734 Townsend Avenue is a 26-unit, 5-story residential building located in the Mount Hope neighborhood, built in 1926 and currently owned by Pierre Downing. The property has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water availability throughout 2025, with multiple building-wide complaints filed between February and May 2025, including several emergency complaints that required HPD inspections.

While some of these issues were resolved, several complaints remained unresolved or required repeat reporting, indicating a pattern of heating system problems. The building faced additional maintenance challenges in late 2024, including unsanitary conditions related to garbage/recycling storage and various housing maintenance code violations, particularly in Apartment 4C, which required repairs for multiple issues including electrical problems, water leaks, and heating system deficiencies. The property has maintained relatively good pest management records in recent years, with no bedbug infestations reported since 2019, and passed rodent inspections in 2022 and 2023, although there were instances of rat activity noted in late 2022 and late 2024.

Multiple Department of Buildings violations remain active as of 2024-2025 for failure to file required external low-pressure inspections from 2018 through 2023. Historical records show the building underwent several construction and improvement projects between 2018 and 2020, though specific details about these work permits are not provided in the data. The building's recent history suggests ongoing challenges with building-wide systems maintenance, particularly heating, while showing improvement in pest management and compliance with some regulatory requirements.