109 Dikeman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

109 Dikeman Street is a three-story, four-unit residential building located in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and owned by Ernest Schemitsch. Built in 1931 as an Old Law Tenement, the property has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years. Most notably, in early 2024, the building faced serious heating and hot water system failures in apartment 2M, resulting in multiple violations from both HPD and Housing Maintenance Code inspections, including inadequate heat supply and hot water at all fixtures in the affected apartment.

These violations were certified as resolved by early February 2024. The building's exterior has also been a source of concern, with multiple Environmental Control Board (ECB) violations documented between 2021-2022 regarding deteriorating mortar joints, cracked brick masonry, and other maintenance issues, though most of these have been resolved or had no penalties imposed. The property has shown a pattern of infrastructure challenges, with a broken or defective wooden floor requiring repair in apartment 2M and an incomplete inspection certificate frame issue in the first-story public hall identified in early 2024.

Recent building inspections have generally been required for various reasons, including a Special Operations Compliance Inspection in 2021 that resulted in an Oath Violation. While there was initial evidence of rat activity noted during a November 2022 inspection, a subsequent December 2022 compliance inspection passed without issues. The building has maintained a clean record in terms of bedbug infestations over the past five reporting periods from 2020-2024, with no reported cases or required eradications.