858 East 175th Street, Bronx, NY 10460

This three-unit, three-story residential building located at 858 East 175th Street in Tremont, owned by Washington Brito, was constructed in 1997 and has experienced several significant regulatory issues, particularly between 2021-2024. The building was found to be operating with an illegal cellar apartment in September 2021, which had been modified with unauthorized construction including full-height partition walls, a bathroom, and kitchen facilities, along with safety violations including a corroded sprinkler head and blocked egress pathways.

Following these findings, the property accrued multiple Environmental Control Board violations in late 2021 related to failure to comply with commissioner orders, each carrying a penalty of $1,250. Most of these violations remain active as of 2023. The building has maintained an ongoing pattern of bedbug reporting violations, with notices issued in 2021-2024 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though the most recent report from April 2024 indicated no infested units during the reporting period.

Recent records show improved conditions, with the most recent rodent inspection in February 2025 passing, and a compliance inspection from November 2023 meeting requirements. The property has also undergone several Local Law 188/17 compliance inspections, showing some accessibility issues in 2024 where inspectors were unable to gain access. While there were construction-related complaints in 2021, subsequent inspections in 2022-2023 generally found no violations warranting enforcement action, suggesting some improvements in building maintenance, though the active ECB violations related to the illegal cellar conversion and associated safety concerns indicate ongoing compliance issues.