849 East 218th Street, Bronx, NY 10467

849 East 218th Street is a 2-story, 4-unit residential building in Williamsbridge, owned by Israel Frankel and constructed in 1928. The property has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with multiple emergency complaints filed between 2023 and 2025 showing patterns of unresponsive building access during inspections - particularly evident in seven separate HPD complaints.

While December 2023 and April 2024 inspections did not reveal housing law violations, the lack of access during these complaints raises concerns about responsiveness to building maintenance issues. The building has also faced several infrastructure challenges, including an electric power outage in April 2024, and multiple maintenance violations were recorded in late 2023 showing problems with the entrance door locks, self-closing doors, and roof leaks in Apartment 3 - which also reported issues with ceiling plaster and excessive hot water temperature.

Recent inspections from December 2023 identified multiple C-class violations, including defective door hardware and self-closing mechanisms, along with B-class violations concerning ceiling repairs and roof leaks in Apartment 3. The property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases across multiple annual filings from 2019 through 2024, indicating effective pest management practices. Though the building's history shows some recurring maintenance issues, particularly with heating systems, the absence of active violations as of January 2025 suggests that most previously identified issues have been addressed, though the pattern of inspection access issues remains notable.