2255 Barker Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467

The 42-unit, 6-story residential building at 2255 Barker Avenue in Allerton, owned by Vuksan Vuksanaj and constructed in 1964, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues throughout 2025, with multiple complaints registered between January and March 2025. While these complaints were typically resolved upon inspection or confirmation from tenants that services had been restored, the frequency of such incidents suggests ongoing heating system challenges. The building was inspected in November 2024, resulting in several violations, including an open Class A violation regarding the drop ladder shoe on the second fire escape, and multiple issues related to door and smoke detector repairs in apartment 6F, though many other violations from this inspection were subsequently closed.

There have been two notable environmental violations: an active ECB violation from 2019 regarding non-code-compliant laundry room installation without automatic sprinklers, and a failure to perform Category 5 inspections noted in December 2019. The building's maintenance history shows some concerning patterns, particularly in 2025 with multiple heat/hot water complaints, and in 2019 with plumbing work violations. However, more positively, the building has demonstrated effective pest management, with no bedbug or rodent infestations reported since 2019, as evidenced by multiple bedbug filings showing zero infested units from 2019 to the present, and a passed rodent inspection in 2017.

The elevator service issue in 2020 was investigated but no violations were found. While there are several active violations on record, including a December 2019 failure to certify correction on an immediately hazardous violation, many older violations have been resolved. The building's record shows generally responsive management to maintenance issues, though the recurring heating system problems in early 2025 are noteworthy.