1743 Taylor Avenue, Bronx, NY 10460

1743 Taylor Avenue is a two-story, three-unit residential building located in the Van Nest neighborhood, owned by Antonio Mendez and constructed in 1910. The building has experienced several maintenance and safety-related issues in recent years, with the most significant being a plumbing emergency in January 2025 involving water supply problems, though HPD was unable to complete their inspection.

In August 2024, the building faced multiple non-emergency issues including problems with garbage/recycling storage, missing signage, lighting deficiencies, and door-related concerns, all of which were investigated by HPD but no violations were issued. More critically, there are currently three open violations from an August 2024 inspection related to safety concerns, including the need for wired mesh under a skylight in the second-story public hall (Class B), proper signage showing the building registration number at the first-story entrance (Class A), and posting the name and location of the designated heating system keyholder at the first-story entrance (Class C).

The building's recent history shows regular maintenance issues affecting resident experience, including multiple violations regarding self-closing doors (both in the entrance and in Apartment 2), and ceiling repair needs in the bathroom and a bedroom of Apartment 2, all documented during a May 2023 inspection. While the property has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements for the periods ending October 2023 and October 2022, showing no reported infestations, and passed a rodent inspection in December 2022, the accumulation of various open violations and recent emergency plumbing issues suggests ongoing maintenance challenges. The building has also experienced multiple instances requiring annual bedbug report submissions (2022-2024), though the records indicate no infestations during these periods.