1231 Bronx River Avenue, Bronx, NY 10472

The two-story, four-unit tenement building at 1231 Bronx River Avenue, owned by Bronx River LLC, has experienced some concerning recent issues with building-wide heat and hot water systems, as evidenced by a March 2025 complaint that resulted in an HPD inspection validating inadequate service in at least one apartment, warranting a violation. The building has maintained consistent bedbug reporting compliance from 2021 through 2024, with no reported infestations or required eradications in any of the annual reports, including the most recent filing for 2023-2024 that showed zero affected units.

Prior to the recent heat/hot water issues, the building demonstrated good maintenance practices with regular rodent inspections between 2013 and 2018, all of which passed successfully. The property has a consistent history of bedbug-related violations from 2021 through 2024, all related to the failure to file the annual bedbug report as required by HPD regulations, though these violations appear to have been resolved as no recent violations are currently listed.

The building was constructed in 1926 and has remained classified as a New Law Tenement throughout its history. While the recent heating system problems are concerning, particularly as they affect the entire building rather than individual units, the property has maintained good records in terms of pest management and basic housing maintenance over the past decade, with the most significant recent issues seemingly concentrated around the heating system rather than general building maintenance.