656 East 229th Street, Bronx, NY 10466

The two-story, four-unit tenement building at 656 East 229th Street in Wakefield, owned by Havan Laird, has maintained regular compliance with housing maintenance codes over the past several years, though there have been recurring administrative issues regarding bedbug reporting. From 2021 through 2024, the building received four consecutive violations (April 2021, February 2022, March 2023, and April 2024) for failing to file the required annual bedbug report with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

However, the most recent bedbug report filed in July 2024 for the period from November 2022 to October 2023 indicated that there were no infested dwelling units, no units that required eradication, and no instances of re-infestation, suggesting that while there was administrative oversight, the building has maintained a healthy environment in terms of bedbug presence. The building underwent an initial rodent inspection in November 2022, which it passed, indicating no significant rodent issues at that time.

While the pattern of bedbug report violations could suggest some administrative lapses in record-keeping or reporting procedures, the subsequent bedbug report showing no infestations or eradication needs is a positive indicator of the building's overall condition. The property has been under the same ownership since at least 1927, though the current owner, Havan Laird, is relatively new to the property compared to its long history.