1472 East 233rd Street, Bronx, NY 10466

The three-story, two-family house at 1472 East 233rd Street in the Edenwald neighborhood, owned by Ernesto Descena, has experienced several significant issues over recent years, particularly regarding compliance and maintenance matters. Most recently, a heat and hot water emergency complaint was received and addressed by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) in November 2023.

The building has also faced multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations related to garbage and recycling storage in 2019, for which inspectors were unable to gain access, though these were categorized as non-emergency. A notable pattern of violations emerged between 2019 and 2022, particularly concerning work done without proper permits and failure to comply with commissioner orders. In 2019, the property received an egress-related violation for a locked/blocked exit, and subsequently multiple Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations were issued in 2020-2022, including a series of penalties totaling $31,250 across seven separate violations, all related to non-compliance with earlier orders and unpermitted work.

These violations were eventually resolved, with varying penalty balances, and the building was notably cited for failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous violation in 2019. The property has maintained a clean bedbug record since 2020, with no reported infestations, and has addressed all recent HPD complaints in a timely manner. While the building has a history of compliance issues, particularly in 2019-2022, there have been no recent violations or recurring problems reported in the past two years, with the most current issues being promptly addressed through proper channels.