344 East 176th Street, Bronx, NY 10457

344 East 176th Street is a 4-story, 8-unit New Law tenement building constructed in 1931, currently owned by Craig Livingston. The building has experienced several maintenance and safety issues in recent months, with the most significant cluster of complaints occurring in late 2024. Between November 22-29, 2024, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) received multiple complaints regarding various problems including plumbing issues (basin/sink and bathtub/shower), door problems, appliance concerns (electric/gas range), general cabinet issues, and unsanitary conditions (mold).

These complaints spanned both emergency and non-emergency categories, though HPD was unable to complete inspections for most of these complaints. Prior to this, in September 2024, there were violations related to cooking gas and electric/gas range issues, and in July 2024, a complaint about an illegally kept monkey was investigated but found no violations. The building has demonstrated some concerning patterns of maintenance issues, particularly in Apartment 1B, which was inspected in October 2024 and found to have several violations including inoperable smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, insufficient gas supply to kitchen fixtures, and a mouse infestation (though these were certified as corrected by November 2024). Apartment 4A has had ongoing pest control issues, with open violations from May 2024 regarding mouse and roach infestations, as well as problems with broken vinyl tiles creating a trip hazard.

The property owner has generally responded to HPD violations, as evidenced by subsequent certifications of correction, though some issues have required multiple complaints to be addressed. Despite these challenges, the building has maintained a relatively clean record in terms of bedbug infestations, with recent filings from 2022-2025 showing zero infested or eradicated units. The building has also consistently passed rodent inspections conducted between 2019 and 2025, and only one complaint about work without a permit was filed in February 2024 and resulted in no violation being warranted at the time of inspection. A permit for "AL" work was issued in November 2019, though the specific nature of this work is not detailed in the data provided.