473 39th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232

The three-story, three-unit Old Law Tenement building at 473 39th Street in Sunset Park, owned by Helenia Hernandez, has experienced several recurring compliance issues in recent years, with the most pressing being the ongoing failure to file required annual bedbug reports with the Housing Maintenance Code (HMC).

Starting from the 2021 inspection and continuing through 2024, there have been consecutive violations related to the non-filing of these mandatory bedbug reports, indicating a persistent oversight of this important health and safety requirement. In addition to the bedbug report violations, there is an unresolved Class B violation from 2019 concerning inadequate lighting at the building's front entranceway, where the minimum required lighting of 100 watts was not consistently maintained from sunset to sunrise.

The building also received mixed results from rodent inspections in 2022, with initial rat activity detected in March, though it passed a follow-up compliance inspection in June of that year. While the property's age (built in 1901) is typical for its class designation, the pattern of open violations suggests ongoing challenges with maintaining regulatory compliance in certain areas, particularly regarding pest management documentation and entranceway lighting.