252 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

This four-story, seven-unit residential building at 252 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, dating back to 1848, is currently experiencing notable heating system issues, with multiple heat and hot water complaints recorded in January 2025 affecting both individual apartments and the entire building. These recent emergency complaints were addressed by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), which verified that the conditions had been corrected, though the recurrence of multiple complaints suggests ongoing temperature control challenges.

The building has a concerning pattern of boiler-related issues, with violations recorded in 2019 for defective equipment and failure to file required inspection reports, which remain open as of July 2023. An open violation from 2018-03-27 regarding insufficient garbage receptacles in the yard also persists.

Despite these maintenance concerns, the building has maintained an overall acceptable record for pest control, with no bedbug infestations reported in the past five years (2020-2024), and has consistently passed rodent inspections in 2013, 2015, and 2015. The property has a small but significant history of sanitation issues, with a 2021 complaint regarding unsanitary garbage/recycling storage that could not be inspected by HPD. While there have been no recent reports of internal pest issues, the age of the building and its historical maintenance patterns suggest ongoing attention to basic systems is required; however, directly correlating these historical issues with current conditions would require more recent data beyond October 2023.