2338 Barnes Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467

2338 Barnes Avenue is a two-story, three-unit residential building located in the Allerton neighborhood, constructed in 1940 and currently owned by Filje Nikac. The property has a significant history of ongoing maintenance issues, particularly regarding building code compliance. Most notably, there are four consecutive years of Housing Maintenance Code violations between 2021 and 2024 related to the failure to file required annual bedbug reports, with the most recent violation still listed as open.

Between 2019 and 2020, the building faced serious safety concerns involving the boiler system, including two carbon monoxide-related complaints in November 2019, one of which resulted in violations citing carbon monoxide levels of 500 PPM that required an immediate cease of boiler use and led to two occupants requiring hospitalization. These violations included an Environmental Control Board (ECB) notice in November 2019 regarding multiple hazardous boiler conditions, for which penalties of $6,250 and $1,250 were imposed. The building's maintenance record shows some improvement in certain areas, with successful rodent inspections in 2010, 2017, and 2023 indicating no pest issues during those inspections.

However, two immediately hazardous ECB violations remain active as of February 2020, related to the failure to certify correction of previously identified hazardous conditions. Additional complaints from 2019 include an illegal plumbing work report and a gas utility referral, though these were resolved with no violations found at the time of inspection. The property's inconsistent maintenance record, particularly regarding mandatory safety reporting like the bedbug reports and the historical boiler safety issues, suggests ongoing challenges in maintaining regulatory compliance while also highlighting some areas of improved maintenance, such as the recent rodent inspection passes.