2116 Colonial Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461

The 16-unit, 7-story building at 2116 Colonial Avenue in Pelham Bay, owned by Fred Lumaj, was constructed in 2020 and currently faces several significant maintenance issues. Most pressing are multiple recent Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) complaints from June 2025 regarding unauthorized smoking in smoke-free areas and indoor air quality concerns related to ventilation. The building has persistent ventilation issues, with three separate complaints in June 2025, and multiple smoking violations during the same period.

Housing Maintenance Code complaints and violations show ongoing maintenance challenges, particularly in Apartment 4B, where issues include a water leak at the window casing, broken ceramic floor tiles, and problems with carbon monoxide detector compliance, all documented in September 2024. Other open maintenance complaints from June 2025 include elevator maintenance, flooring issues, ceiling problems, door defects, cabinet concerns, and emergency water leak issues. The building's history includes several concerning events during construction and immediately after completion, including multiple safety violations in early 2021 related to construction site conditions, debris management, and scaffold safety.

These were primarily associated with DEDAJ Construction Corp and resulted in various penalties. More recently, there was an April 2023 violation for failing to file the required 2022 external low-pressure inspection documentation. While recent rodent inspections (2019, 2024, and 2025) have passed, the building has documented pest control issues, including multiple violations in 2024 for insect and rodent infestations in apartments 3F and 7A. The property has shown relatively good results regarding bedbug reporting, with no infestations reported in the last two annual cycles (2022-2023 and 2021-2022).