3217 Gunther Avenue, Bronx, NY 10469

The two-family house at 3217 Gunther Avenue in Baychester, owned by Joanne Williams, has experienced several significant maintenance issues, particularly in late 2019 and early 2020. The most pressing concerns centered around heat and hot water problems, with multiple emergency complaints filed through the Housing Maintenance Code between October 2019 and December 2019, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building.

Notable incidents included a building-wide outage in early November 2019 followed by recurring individual apartment complaints, with some inspections resulting in tenants being unavailable for HPD access. The situation culminated in multiple violations for the second-floor apartment, including excessively hot water temperatures (166 degrees in March 2020), missing carbon monoxide detectors, and inadequate heating conditions, though these violations were subsequently closed.

In addition to the heating issues, the building faced rodent-related challenges, with a report filed in October 2019 regarding conditions attracting rodents, and subsequent violations issued in February 2020 specifically noting a mouse infestation in the second-floor apartment. While initial rodent inspections in October 2019 and January 2020 reportedly passed, the later violations indicate ongoing concerns. The property, constructed in 1970, is two stories tall and contains two residential units, and while many of the documented issues have been officially closed, the pattern of heating system problems and rodent-related complaints during this period suggests significant maintenance challenges that affected resident comfort and safety.