966 East 181st Street, Bronx, NY 10460

This 42-unit, 6-story New Law tenement building at 966 East 181st Street in West Farms, owned by Erica Franks, has a significant history of heating and hot water issues, particularly in recent years. The building, constructed in 1915, has experienced multiple heat and hot water emergencies, with the most recent incidents occurring in January 2025 (entire building) and January 2024 (apartment-only complaints). Notably, there are open violations from January 2024 specifically affecting apartment 5E regarding inadequate heat and hot water supply, reflecting ongoing maintenance challenges.

The building has also faced various other systems issues, including a heavy water leak in November 2018, and a smoking violation in May 2020. Despite these challenges, there have been some positive developments regarding building maintenance. The property has passed its most recent rodent inspection in January 2025, continuing a pattern of passing such inspections since 2015, which suggests generally good pest control practices.

The building's bedbug reporting records from 2021-2025 show minimal infestation activity, with only one case reported in 2019-2020, which was reportedly eradicated. While the building has experienced multiple heating system failures, with at least six heat/hot water-related complaints since 2020, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has generally responded promptly to these issues, though with varying degrees of resolution success. Additionally, there are currently no active violations related to building code compliance outside of the heating/hot water issues, though there have been periodic bedbug report violations in previous years, including an open violation from April 2024 requiring the submission of the annual bedbug report.