Active Class C violations for cooking gas outages, defective fire escapes, and self-closing door failures back up a heavy operational record.
This 180-unit pre-war building carries 62 open housing-code violations, including 31 logged at the immediately hazardous Class C level. System issues and maintenance backlogs affect both shared areas and individual units. Three things to know:
Heating failures and cold-weather outages recur regularly across the building. Tenants have logged 41 heat and hot water complaints over the past three years, alongside 75 official code complaints for heating outages. System-wide heat drops recur regularly across the 180 units during winter months.
Inspectors have cited recent hazardous conditions, including cooking gas shutoffs and fire safety failures. On July 24, 2026, inspectors cited the building for defective fire escape drop ladders, failing self-closing hallway doors, and key notices. A June 18, 2026 inspection in apartment 12A documented a Class C shutoff of cooking gas alongside broken fixtures, damaged cabinets, and leaky faucets.
Venting and indoor air quality calls reflect odor bleed from ground-floor commercial spaces. Within three blocks of the building, neighbors logged 5 indoor air quality complaints and 5 food establishment calls over the last year. These odor and venting reports point to air drift from local commercial spaces and shared building shafts.
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2685 University Avenue is a 180-unit building in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2032480049). This building is associated with Ardowork Corporation. Brix tracks 62 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1926, this elevator apartment building sits in Bronx and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 335 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed October 10, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on June 7, 1999, according to recorded deeds.
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Unit 40A at 2685 University Avenue has 10 open violations.
Unit 12A at 2685 University Avenue has 9 open violations.
Unit 40D at 2685 University Avenue has 8 open violations.
Unit 11A at 2685 University Avenue has 6 open violations.
Unit 35D at 2685 University Avenue has 5 open violations.
Unit 22C at 2685 University Avenue has 4 open violations.
Unit 44A at 2685 University Avenue has 3 open violations.
Unit 41A at 2685 University Avenue has 2 open violations.
Unit 65E at 2685 University Avenue has 1 open violation.
Unit 11E at 2685 University Avenue has 1 open violation.
Unit 10B at 2685 University Avenue has 1 open violation.
Unit 23A at 2685 University Avenue has 1 open violation.
Unit 42D at 2685 University Avenue has 1 open violation.
Unit 65 at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 64A at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (7 past violations).
Unit 64B at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 63B at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (8 past violations).
Unit 62B at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 62E at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 61A at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (9 past violations).
Unit 61C at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (7 past violations).
Unit 60A at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (5 past violations).
Unit 54E at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (18 past violations).
Unit 53A at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 52C at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (10 past violations).
Unit 52D at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (26 past violations).
Unit 51A at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 44E at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 42C at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 41B at 2685 University Avenue has no open violations (5 past violations).
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