288 Kissel Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10310

The 6-story apartment building at 288 Kissel Avenue in Randall Manor, owned by Daniel Messina, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with the most recent incidents occurring in February 2025, affecting the entire building. These complaints mark the third significant heat/hot water incident in recent years, following similar events in October 2018 and most recently in 2025.

The building has multiple open violations related to failure to file annual bedbug reports from 2020 to 2024, which are considered Class A violations under the Housing Maintenance Code. In terms of safety equipment, issues were noted in December 2020 regarding a defective smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector in apartment 6P, though these violations have not been marked as certified. The building has maintained generally good conditions in other areas, passing rodent inspections in March 2018 and March 2020.

Recent Department of Buildings (DOB) violations include multiple failures to display energy efficiency scores and grades from 2021 through 2024, with the most recent being a failure to file the FISP Cycle 9C technical report in February 2024, currently listed as an active violation. While there was one sidewalk shed complaint in December 2024, it was closed with no violation warranted. Two specific violations from December 2020 regarding smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector issues in apartment 6P and the public hall were marked as repaired, though the bedbug reporting violations have persisted across multiple years.