3942 Barnes Avenue, Bronx, NY 10466

3942 Barnes Avenue is a 7-unit, 3-story New Law Tenement building constructed in 1931, currently owned by Yitzchok Blum. The most pressing ongoing issue at this property has been consistent heating and hot water problems throughout 2025, with multiple complaints and emergency responses documented, including clusters of complaints in May and June 2025, suggesting persistent systemic maintenance challenges with the building's heating infrastructure.

The building has also faced significant boiler-related concerns in the past, particularly between 2020-2022, with multiple complaints about defective or inoperative boilers, culminating in Environmental Control Board violations regarding failure to file required annual boiler inspection reports from 2019 through 2024, with penalties totaling $2,500 currently due. The property has experienced various maintenance issues requiring attention, including several Housing Maintenance Code violations documented in 2024-2025. These violations involved door repairs on multiple floors (1F and 3F) and issues with bulkhead and public area doors, along with problems identified during inspections of the building's front facade, public lighting fixtures, and skylight.

The building had all doors and hardware issues certified as corrected by January 2025. While there have been no recorded bedbug infestations since 2019 and the property passed rodent inspections in 2022, the recurring heating system problems throughout 2025 suggest ongoing challenges with building systems maintenance. The multiple heating-related complaints across different months, including both building-wide and apartment-specific issues, indicate a potential pattern of inadequate response to persistent systems problems.