963 East 232nd Street, Bronx, NY 10466

The two-story, five-unit tenement at 963 East 232nd Street in Wakefield, owned by Jagjit Hora and built in 1931, has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over the past two years, with the most recent cluster of problems occurring in November 2023. During this period, multiple emergency complaints were filed and subsequently investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), including issues with heat and hot water across the entire building, water supply problems, cooking gas concerns, fire escape inspections, and a power outage, with violations specifically noted regarding inadequate gas supply to kitchen fixtures in Apartment 3 and an unauthorized 220-volt electrical modification in that same unit.

The building currently has several open violations from 2024 and 2023, including unfiled annual bedbug reports, accumulation of refuse in the east yard, and safety concerns regarding smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in Apartment 5, along with broken window glass issues in that unit. The building's inspection history reveals a pattern of maintenance challenges, including a series of HPD complaints in May 2023 involving similar issues across multiple systems (heat, electricity, cooking gas), though most of these did not result in violations.

Previous complaints from 2022-2023 indicate various safety and maintenance concerns, including issues with bedbug report filing, window repairs, and safety device functionality. The property has undergone inspections related to work without permits and failure to comply with vacate orders, though these complaints were ultimately unsubstantiated. The most pressing recent issues appear to be concentrated in the building's systems infrastructure, with particular attention needed to the building's heating, electrical, and safety systems based on the pattern of complaints and open violations.