502A Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

The three-story, two-family house at 502A Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, owned by Baljeet Hira and constructed in 1995, has experienced several maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most significant problems occurring in 2022. The building faced multiple pest-related complaints, with four emergency housing maintenance code complaints specifically citing unsanitary conditions due to pests between May and August 2022, including two separate incidents in May and June 2022, and three complaints in August 2022.

The situation escalated to the point where the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) issued violations in June 2022, though some inspections resulted in no violations being recorded. As of October 2023, there remains an open Housing Maintenance Code violation related to a bedbug infestation in Apartment 3 on the second floor, as documented during an inspection on June 28, 2022.

In addition to the pest issues, the building experienced other maintenance concerns in August 2022, including a water leak (described as a slow leak) and problems with a window frame, both of which were categorized as non-emergency and emergency situations respectively. While some of these issues have been closed through the HPD and Housing Maintenance Code processes, the persistent nature of the pest problems, culminating in documented violations and open cases, represents the most significant cluster of resident-impacting issues on record for this property.