4245 Digney Avenue, Bronx, NY 10466

4245 Digney Avenue is a 3-story, 5-unit New Law Tenement building located in Wakefield and owned by Edgardo Bacalan. The property, constructed in 1930, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past several years, with multiple emergency complaints filed between 2021 and 2024. Most recently, in January 2024 and November 2023, tenants reported heat and hot water outages, with HPD inspections resulting in violations for inadequate hot water supply to Apartment A5.

Other recent violations from November 2023 in Apartment A5 included problems with self-closing doors, plaster surfaces, and inadequate heating. The building has also faced maintenance challenges, including a pest control complaint in August 2022, water leak issues in July 2021, and various building violations in 2021 and 2023 related to structural maintenance, such as cracks and missing mortar in the front brick facade. The building's management filed accurate bedbug reports for the periods covering late 2021 through 2023 and late 2022 through 2024, indicating no infestation cases during these filing periods.

Environmental Control Board violations from 2021 noted deficiencies in building maintenance, including issues with the front brick facade and exterior storm drain, which resulted in financial penalties that have since been resolved. The most recent inspection in 2024 resulted in a violation related to the filing of an annual bedbug report, though previous filings show consistent zero infestation rates. Access issues have been a recurring theme in complaint resolutions, with HPD often unable to gain entry for inspections in various complaints, suggesting potential challenges in communication between tenants and management regarding access for necessary inspections.