1214 Commonwealth Avenue, Bronx, NY 10472

1214 Commonwealth Avenue is a 2-story, 4-unit New Law tenement building located in the Soundview neighborhood, built in 1927 and currently owned by Silvia Alemany. The building has experienced several notable maintenance issues in recent years, with the most recent being a window frame complaint in June 2024 that HPD could not inspect due to lack of access.

Between January and March 2020, there was a significant period of heat and hot water complaints, with multiple reports suggesting access issues during inspections that February, though some complaints were subsequently addressed or resolved. In February 2020, the building received a Class B violation related to mold conditions in Apartment B2, which was certified as corrected by April 2020. The building's recent history shows consistent bedbug reporting compliance from 2020 to 2024, with no infested units reported in any of the seven consecutive filings.

However, there were two rodent inspections in 2022 (May and July) indicating rat activity, which followed a series of successfully passed inspections in previous years, suggesting a potential pest control challenge. The building's most recent Housing Maintenance Code inspection in 2022 resulted in a violation regarding the annual bedbug report filing, though this does not appear to indicate an active infestation. The property's maintenance history indicates varying levels of accessibility for inspections during multiple complaints, particularly during the 2020 heat/hot water issues, which may warrant attention to access protocols for future inspections.