3850 3rd Avenue, Bronx, NY 10457

The 5-story, 18-unit Old Law Tenement building at 3850 3rd Avenue in Claremont Village, owned by Kristina Hosch and constructed in 1931, has experienced recurring heating and hot water issues over the past year. Most notably, during December 2024, there were multiple heat/hot water complaints affecting both individual apartments and the entire building, with at least eight separate incidents recorded between December 22-26, 2024.

A similar pattern continued into early 2025, with a heat/hot water complaint registered on January 6, 2025. These issues have been classified as emergencies by the Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) department, though each complaint was subsequently marked as closed after verification of correction, with instructions to re-file if problems persisted. The building's maintenance history reveals several other significant concerns, particularly regarding Unit 3C, which has had multiple violations including lack of hot water, pest infestations (mice and roaches), peeling paint, and window guard issues between 2018 and 2021.

A heat/hot water violation from December 2020 remains open, and there was a noted heating system access issue in December 2020. While the building has passed recent rodent inspections (most recently in August 2022), it did fail one inspection in December 2010, though previous and subsequent inspections have shown compliance. The building's bedbug reports from recent years (2021-2024) show minimal infestation issues, with most years reporting zero affected units, though one instance in 2021 indicated one infested unit that was subsequently eradicated.