2726 Valentine Avenue, Bronx, NY 10458

2726 Valentine Avenue is a 4-story, 9-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1928, currently owned by Lizzie Perez Vargas, located in the Fordham neighborhood. The building has experienced persistent maintenance issues over the past two years, with multiple emergency complaints related to heat and plumbing problems. Most recently, in June 2024, there was a toilet plumbing issue, and earlier in 2024, there was a heating problem affecting an individual apartment.

In late 2023, both building-wide and apartment-specific heating/hot water issues were reported, while plumbing problems with sinks/basins were reported in September 2023. The building also experienced several non-emergency issues in October 2023, including problems with an electric/gas range appliance, door, cabinet, ceiling, and wall plaster/paint. An ongoing concern has been the building's rodent activity, with multiple inspections in 2023 showing "Rat Activity" in April, July, September, and December, though a passing result was recorded in April 2024.

The building has demonstrated some positive maintenance patterns, as evidenced by three consecutive years (2019-2022) of submitting Bedbug Reports showing zero infested units and successful eradication. The most recent Bedbug Report filings for 2023-2024 also indicate no infested units. However, there are two notable outstanding compliance issues: an active Department of Buildings violation from January 2020 regarding the failure to file the 2017 annual boiler inspection report, and a Housing Maintenance Code violation from February 2022 related to the failure to file the annual bedbug report. The building's July 2025 status indicates ongoing attention to basic maintenance needs, particularly regarding plumbing and heating systems, while maintaining a "passing" status for rat control since April 2024.