252 49th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220

252 49th Street in Sunset Park is a three-unit, three-story old law tenement building constructed in 1915 and currently owned by Wan Chung Sze. The building has experienced recurring administrative violations related to bedbug reporting requirements over the past four years, with Notices of Violation issued in 2022, 2023, and most recently in April 2024, though these violations were subsequently closed.

Of particular concern was a serious safety issue in March 2021, when the building received both a Department of Buildings complaint and an Environmental Control Board violation regarding obstructed egress. The violation noted that wooden materials were blocking a small staircase, which also served as a fire escape, creating significant fire safety concerns; this violation was resolved with no penalties imposed.

Despite the bedbug reporting violations, it's worth noting that all five required annual bedbug reports submitted between 2019 and 2025 indicate zero cases of infestation or eradication across the building's three units. The most recent bedbug report filed in May 2025 (covering the period from November 2023 to October 2024) again confirmed no infestation issues. The building's fire safety compliance issue from 2021 appears to have been an isolated incident, as there have been no further egress-related violations recorded in subsequent years.