52 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

The 5-story residential building at 52 3rd Avenue in Boerum Hill, owned by Greg Dealto, has experienced several recurring issues since its construction in 2005, particularly related to elevator maintenance and bedbug reporting compliance. Most notably, there are four open Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2021-2024 concerning the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD rules.

The building has also faced multiple elevator service challenges, with two separate incidents in 2020 and 2022 involving single device operation with no alternate service, resulting in ECB violations that imposed penalties of $1,562 and $625 respectively, though the latter's balance was noted as $0. Additional concerns include a rat sighting in August 2022, though this was investigated by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene with no violations found, and a passed rodent inspection in September 2022.

The elevator system has been a particular focus, with inspections revealing issues such as an inoperative car phone and access problems to the machine room, though these violations were eventually resolved. The building's bedbug filing history shows a clean record from November 2017 to November 2018, with no reported infestations during that period, but the subsequent violations regarding the annual reporting requirements have remained open for several years. The most recent documented inspection in 2024 continues to show the bedbug reporting violation as open, marking four consecutive years of non-compliance with this particular requirement.