2117 Blackrock Avenue, Bronx, NY 10472

The two-family house at 2117 Blackrock Avenue in Unionport, owned by Eddie Tsarsi, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past years. Most notably, in October 2019, there was a concerning incident involving both cooking gas and heat/hot water emergencies in the second-story apartment (APT2), resulting in violations for inadequate gas supply to appliances and insufficient hot water at fixtures.

These violations were officially certified as corrected by November 2019. Additionally, the building required repairs to defective plastered surfaces and uniform painting in the second-story public hall, for which a violation was also issued. The property has undergone multiple rodent inspections between 2010 and 2022, showing a mixed record of compliance.

While the most recent inspection in April 2022 passed, there was recorded rat activity in March 2022, and two failures for "Other Reasons" in late 2017 and early 2018. A gas utility referral complaint was made in July 2019, though no violations were found upon inspection in August 2019. The building's age (built in 1901) and its relatively small size (2 stories, 2 units) suggest that both maintenance challenges and improvements are likely constrained by the building's original infrastructure design.