1458 Knapp Street, Bronx, NY 10469

This two-story, three-unit residential building located at 1458 Knapp Street in Baychester, owned by Avis Spencer, has a mixed maintenance history since its construction in 1920. The most significant cluster of issues occurred in April-May 2019, when multiple violations were documented including problems with ceilings and walls requiring paint/plaster work, an unsanitary garbage/recycling storage condition, and more concerningly, a documented mouse infestation in the first-floor apartment.

These violations were later closed, but significant open violations from May 2019 remain related to various repair needs in the first apartment, including lighting fixture issues, plaster surface repairs, bathroom ceiling paint requirements, and self-closing door concerns. More recently, the building has demonstrated improved conditions, with no reported bedbug infestations in any unit over multiple reporting periods from 2021 through 2024, as evidenced by the bedbug reporting records showing zero infested or previously infested units. The most recent bedbug filing period (2024) shows a clean record, as have the preceding periods.

Additionally, a rodent inspection in April 2022 resulted in a "Passed" rating, indicating successful mitigation of previous rodent issues. The building has maintained its bedbug reporting requirements consistently over the past few years, filing reports regularly and showing no infestations, suggesting improved management practices in this regard. The property currently shows no open violations related to bedbug reporting requirements, and the last known violations from 2019 related to repairs and maintenance in Apartment 1 appear to have been resolved, as they no longer show as active violations in the system.