1705 Montgomery Avenue, Bronx, NY 10453

1705 Montgomery Avenue is a three-unit, three-story residential building in Morris Heights, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by Chidi Nwakile. The building has experienced various maintenance and inspection events over the years, with the most recent concerns centering around rodent activity, as evidenced by two separate complaints in May 2025. While these complaints were initially reported as signs of rodents, subsequent inspections by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found no violations, and the building passed additional rodent inspections in both June 2025 and earlier in 2024.

The building has a pattern of bedbug-related inspection requirements, with multiple open violations between 2021 and 2024 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though the most recent bedbug report for the period November 2020 to October 2021 showed zero infested units. The property has faced several maintenance challenges including a heat and hot water complaint for the entire building in March 2021, though inspectors were unable to gain access for verification. In late 2022, multiple emergency housing maintenance code complaints were filed, primarily concerning door/window issues, with additional complaints about ceiling and wall conditions and garbage storage.

More recently, in March 2024, there was an inspection related to building stability concerns, which resulted in a violation being served. The front yard area has been cited for disrepair, with an active Environmental Control Board violation from March 2024 related to damaged stairs, stoops, and a leaning fence, carrying a penalty of $3,125. The building's historical records show generally good maintenance of rodent control, with consistent passing results in nearly all inspections since 2016, though there was one failure in December 2018 for unspecified reasons.