1987 Hobart Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461

The three-family building at 1987 Hobart Avenue in Pelham Bay, owned by Deborah Zottola, has experienced several notable incidents since its construction in 1992.

Most recently, in December 2021, there was a significant heat and hot water outage affecting the entire building, which required intervention from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development; though heat and hot water were reportedly restored within two days, the incident represents the most serious building systems failure on record. Prior to this, in December 2020, there was an attempted investigation into an alleged illegal conversion of the property, but inspectors were unable to gain access to the building despite it being marked as a second final attempt.

The building's condition appeared stable in 2019, when it successfully passed a rodent inspection conducted on April 24 of that year, though this inspection predates the more recent complaints by several years. The property, classified as a two-family house despite having three units, spans three stories and was constructed in accordance with its designated building class.