2698 Creston Avenue, Bronx, NY 10468

2698 Creston Avenue is a 4-story, 9-unit New Law Tenement building located in Fordham and owned by Ramon Tapia. The building, constructed in 1911, has experienced recurring maintenance issues, with the most recent concerns emerging in May 2025 involving unsanitary conditions including mold, wall damage, and flooring problems, all of which resulted in HPD violations.

The building's heating and hot water systems have been particularly problematic, with numerous emergency complaints recorded in early 2022 (January-February) for both apartment-specific and building-wide issues, including violations related to hot water access in Apartments 1 and 4. These heating and hot water problems coincided with multiple violations regarding access to the building's heating system, specifically noting locked doors to the boiler room. The property has maintained an active bedbug reporting history from 2018 through 2025, consistently showing zero infested or re-infested units during regular reporting periods.

A gas utility referral complaint was recorded in January 2022 but resulted in an "Inspector Unable To Gain Access" disposition. While the building has generally passed compliance inspections, there have been recent rodent-related findings, including a "Rat Activity" result in April 2024, though this was preceded by multiple passing results in previous years (2023, 2022, 2021, and 2019). The most significant current concerns involve the newly reported mold and building maintenance issues, which according to HPD procedures, provide the property owner a designated period to address the violations before potential further tenant action can be pursued.