53 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

53 Duffield Street is a three-story, three-unit residential building constructed in 1899, currently owned by 53 Duffield Street LLC and classified as an Old Law Tenement in Downtown Brooklyn. The building's most significant recent incident was a heating and hot water emergency in December 2022, affecting the entire building, though city agencies confirmed that services were restored within two days of the complaint.

This building has maintained a consistent record of bedbug control compliance, with no infestations reported in any of the annual filings from 2021 through 2025, and an uninterrupted pattern of filing zero counts for infested, eradicated, or re-infested units. Both of the rodent inspections conducted in 2013 and 2022 resulted in passing grades, indicating effective pest management.

The property has experienced relatively few issues in recent years, with only one notable complaint recorded in late 2023 regarding parking lot lights shining on the building; this was investigated in January 2024 and found to warrant no violations. A violation was recorded in February 2022 regarding the failure to file an annual bedbug report with HPD, but this appears to have been promptly resolved as the building has consistently filed accurate reports since. The building's systems and management have shown responsiveness to issues as they arise, with the heat and hot water situation being addressed within days of the complaint, though it highlights the importance of monitoring utility system reliability.