523 East 171st Street, Bronx, NY 10457

The three-story, two-family house at 523 East 171st Street in Claremont Village, owned by Ahmad Kotob, has experienced several maintenance issues over the past few years, particularly regarding its perimeter fence. In early 2020, the property faced multiple complaints and subsequent violations related to an inadequate fence, with the Department of Buildings issuing citations for a collapsed 24-foot by 6-foot chain link/wood fence that had not been properly maintained.

These violations triggered a sequence of Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations, including a notable penalty of $3,125 for fence maintenance failures in February 2020, though records indicate these were eventually resolved without any balance due. The building also received violations for failing to certify corrections of immediately hazardous conditions in late 2020, with one such violation remaining active as of September 2020. The property has undergone regular rodent inspections between 2012 and 2022, with the most recent inspection in August 2022 resulting in a passing grade.

The record shows a history of rodent activity in late 2012, followed by several instances of bait application, but the building has maintained compliance in recent inspections. It's noteworthy that many of the building's issues appear to be related to the fence structure, which required multiple inspections and violation proceedings to address, though these matters seem to have been resolved based on the most recent data available through October 2023. While there was a period of maintenance challenges in 2020, particularly regarding the fence, there have been no reported violations or complaints of similar magnitude in the past three years.