500 West 235th Street, Bronx, NY 10463

The 87-unit, 6-story residential building at 500 West 235th Street in Riverdale, built in 1954, has experienced numerous maintenance and compliance issues, particularly in 2025. Most notably, there have been multiple complaints regarding heat and hot water systems throughout May 2025, suggesting ongoing boiler or infrastructure problems. The building is currently facing active Department of Buildings violations for failure to submit required Elevator Inspection Reports (EER) for multiple years from 2019-2023, and there are also concerns with rodent activity, as evidenced by recent inspections in March 2025 and July 2025 showing rat activity.

The property has a pattern of heat and hot water issues, with ten separate HPD complaints in May 2025 alone, though many were subsequently resolved following inspections. Earlier violations and inspections raise additional concerns about building maintenance and safety. In 2024, the building received violations for various security and maintenance issues, including problems with self-closing doors in compactor areas and fire stairs, though these were mostly resolved by April 2024.

There is also a significant outstanding building maintenance issue as of June 2024 regarding the building's exterior facade and appurtenances that remains active, along with multiple ECB violations regarding the failure to comply with orders and maintain the building properly. The property has documented rat activity in several inspections from 2023 to 2025, with bait applications noted in 2012 and 2023. While the building has maintained a relatively low number of bedbug complaints in recent years, with zero reported cases from 2019-2024 (except for one infested unit in 2019 which was promptly addressed), the recent rodent inspections and heat/hot water complaints suggest ongoing challenges with building systems and pest control.