45 Avon Place, Staten Island, NY 10301

The 45 Avon Place building in Tompkinsville, owned by Samir Lazoja, is a 4-story, 18-unit New Law Tenement constructed in 1931. The property has experienced significant recent heating system issues in early 2025, with multiple emergency complaints filed through HPD regarding lack of heat and hot water affecting the entire building between January 31 and February 14, 2025. These complaints formed a pattern of disruption that included difficulties in obtaining apartment access for inspections, though some units reportedly had heat and hot water restored during inspections.

Prior to these heating issues, the building underwent several repairs and maintenance activities in late 2023 to early 2024, including addressing safety concerns such as a missing or defective self-closing door at apartment 3D, removal of obstructions from fire escapes, and various repairs to the public hall areas including window frames and entrance doors. The building has demonstrated compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with no infestations reported in the past three years (2022-2025), maintaining a clean record with zero infested or re-infested dwelling units. While the property experienced some maintenance violations in 2024 regarding fire escape access and building entrance security, these were addressed and closed.

The Department of Buildings issued violations in 2023 for failure to file low-pressure external inspections, though these were subsequently dismissed. A rodent inspection conducted in 2016 revealed non-compliance issues, marking a historical note despite the absence of recent rodent-related complaints or inspections. The current heating system issues, which appear to be systemic based on multiple complaints, represent the most significant ongoing challenge for the property as of 2025.