461 51st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220

The four-story, four-unit residential building at 461 51st Street in Sunset Park, owned by Sanicharea Ramoutar, has several significant ongoing housing maintenance issues that should be noted. Most notably, there are recurring open violations related to the required annual bedbug reporting under Housing Maintenance Code (HMC) regulations, with violations recorded in all of the past four consecutive years from 2021 through 2024.

These repeated violations suggest ongoing non-compliance with bedbug reporting requirements. In terms of other building issues, there was one complaint received in May 2023 regarding work being conducted without the necessary permits in an occupied multiple dwelling, though this complaint was investigated and closed the same day with no violations found at the time of inspection.

The building, constructed in 1931, is classified as a HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS A building, indicating that it was likely converted to permanent residential use from another purpose. While the bedbug reporting violations indicate some management oversight issues, the relatively low number of complaints and violations over the past two years could be interpreted as relatively typical for a building of this age and class in New York City, though the recurring nature of the bedbug reporting violations is particularly noteworthy.