5015 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11220

The 8-unit, 4-story New Law Tenement building at 5015 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, owned by Kwong Lee, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most pressing concerns centering around heat and hot water systems. Between late 2022 and early 2023, there were multiple emergency heat/hot water complaints, with two instances (December 11 and December 23, 2022) where inspectors were unable to gain access to the apartments for inspection.

Other notable issues include a plumbing complaint related to the bathtub/shower in December 2022, and a water supply problem in January 2020 that required immediate attention and was verified as corrected. The building has also faced pest-related challenges, with rodent sightings reported in 2020 and 2019, though the 2019 inspection passed, and records show a rat sighting complaint in July 2020 that was still in progress as of that date. More recent developments include three bedbug reports filed from 2020 through 2024, with all showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units, suggesting effective management of this issue.

As of 2023, there is an active violation regarding the failure to file the 2018 external low-pressure inspection, and while there were violations issued for not filing bedbug reports in 2022-2024, these have been closed. The most recent building inspection from October 2023 for a sweep complaint found no violations warranting action. Despite these various issues, it's worth noting that many of the complaints resulted in inspections where no violations were found, though this was not the case for the heat/hot water problems and some plumbing issues.