676 East 234th Street, Bronx, NY 10466

The two-story, three-unit residential building at 676 East 234th Street in Wakefield, owned by Varicka Johnson, has experienced several safety and maintenance issues in recent years. Most notably, in July 2023, there was a safety complaint regarding a broken or missing window guard, which resulted in violations from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

The building has also faced multiple regulatory compliance challenges, particularly in 2023, including concerns about lead-based paint hazard control requirements for Apartment 2, and several violations related to safety signage and building maintenance in August 2023. These August violations involved defective self-closing doors, missing safety signage, and inadequate documentation regarding smoke detector and carbon monoxide device requirements - though all these violations were subsequently closed after appropriate certifications were submitted in September 2023. The building has maintained a consistent record of proper bedbug management, with no reported infestations in the past four reporting periods from 2021 to 2025, and passed rodent inspections in both 2010 and 2022, with only one failed inspection noted in 2010 due to unspecified reasons.

While there was one construction-related complaint regarding grade/watercourse changes in 2021, the investigation found no violations. The property has demonstrated some recent improvements in regulatory compliance, as evidenced by the timely correction of multiple violations in 2023, though the initial emergence of these issues highlights ongoing maintenance challenges. A bedbug report filed in May 2025 confirmed no active infestations as of the previous year.