170 East 205th Street, Bronx, NY 10458

The four-story, 8-unit tenement building at 170 East 205th Street in Norwood, owned by Andrew Haxhiu and constructed in 1908, has experienced consistent heating system issues over the past two years, with four heat and hot water emergencies reported between November 2024 and January 2025. These heating complaints have persisted despite some being closed after verification of corrections, while others were closed due to lack of access for inspection. The building also faced significant challenges in 2023-2024, including open violations for missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in Apartment 8, and various ongoing maintenance issues such as broken plaster surfaces and window repairs needed in Apartments 6 and 8.

A concerning pattern of rat activity has been documented through rodent inspections, with the most recent results showing continued infestation in July and October 2024, though previous inspections from 2017-2022 had passed. The building's history also includes multiple sanitation and maintenance complaints in 2022, including issues with mold, pests, and water temperature problems, as well as violations related to egress concerns and storage blocking pathways in 2022. The property has maintained regular bedbug reporting for the years 2019-2023, showing no documented infestations during the periods covered by these reports.

Recent maintenance violations show the building's management has not completed required repairs to address various building code requirements, including an open violation for failure to file 2022 external low-pressure inspection results. While some historic issues such as heating system failures and water quality problems appear to have been temporarily resolved in various instances, the frequency and persistence of these complaints suggest ongoing maintenance challenges. The building's systematic heating issues, recent safety violations regarding smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and the current rodent activity situation are notable patterns in the building's recent history, with particular attention needed to the repeated nature of heating system failures despite agency interventions.