2175 Castle Hill Avenue, Bronx, NY 10473

2175 Castle Hill Avenue is a 2-story, 4-unit residential building in the Unionport neighborhood, constructed in 1932 and currently owned by Bernard Long. The building has a documented history of bedbug reporting violations, with Notices of Violation issued in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021, all related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD regulations. However, according to the most recent bedbug reporting period (2022-2023) submitted in May 2024, there were no reported infestations in any dwelling units, and similar zero-infestation reports were submitted for the previous years from 2020-2021 and 2019-2020.

The property has experienced several significant Department of Buildings (DOB) complaints and violations over the past few years. Between 2023-2025, there were three separate complaints regarding work without proper permits in occupied multiple dwellings, though inspections were unable to gain access for verification. In 2023, there were complaints about illegal conversion and enforcement work, but no violations were warranted at the time of inspection.

A notable violation was recorded in January 2020 concerning an improperly installed split A/C unit with electrical connections between the first and second floors, for which an $800 penalty was imposed and subsequently resolved. Additionally, there was a separate DOB violation in 2020 related to the failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous violation, though this was dismissed in 2022. The building has maintained regular bedbug reporting compliance since the initial violations, with all subsequent reports (2021-2024) showing zero infestation activity. The property successfully resolved its 2020 ECB violation related to the A/C installation, and while there have been multiple complaints about unauthorized work, inspections have generally not resulted in confirmed violations.