3017 Ely Avenue, Bronx, NY 10469

3017 Ely Avenue is a three-family, three-story Class A building located in Baychester, built in 1989 and currently owned by Madge Blakeman. The property has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past decade, most notably in June 2019 when multiple tenants reported heat and hot water problems, leading to both emergency Housing Maintenance Code complaints and violations requiring attention. In 2018, the building faced serious infractions related to unauthorized modifications, including the installation of a gas stove and shower in the cellar without proper permits, and illegal occupancy of the cellar level, which resulted in multiple Environmental Control Board violations. While these violations were eventually resolved, they required correction of immediately hazardous conditions that were initially dismissed by ECB.

More recent history shows improvements in compliance, with the building maintaining proper bedbug reporting during 2021-2022 and reporting no infested units. The most recent bedbug report from April 2023 indicated zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units. The property has undergone routine rodent inspections, passing the most recent compliance inspection in November 2017, though it had failed earlier inspections in 2011 and 2017. The building's violation history shows a pattern of heat/hot water issues and electrical problems, particularly in June 2019 when multiple complaints about no lighting were filed.

These maintenance issues, while concerning, were addressed through HPD inspections and complaints, with some requiring multiple reports to ensure proper attention. As of now, the building has open violations related to annual bedbug reporting requirements as of April 2024. The property has had no recent history of occupancy-related violations or unauthorized modifications since 2018, suggesting improved compliance with building regulations. The repeated nature of the June 2019 heat/hot water complaints, and the pattern of electrical issues during that period, indicates these were systemic problems that required multiple tenant reports to address. However, there have been no similar maintenance issues reported in recent years, and the building has maintained regular bedbug and rodent compliance inspections since then.