5023 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11220

5023 5th Avenue is a 3-story, 4-unit residential building in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, built in 1927, and currently owned by Joeah Song. The property has experienced several notable issues over recent years, with the most significant being multiple violations related to low-pressure inspection filings, including active violations from 2018-2023 that remain unresolved as of late 2024.

In 2021, there was an active Environmental Control Board violation for failure to maintain the building (specifically concerning missing acoustic ceiling tiles in the first-floor commercial space), for which a penalty of $655 was imposed and remains active. The building has undergone various inspections and received multiple notices of violation, particularly in 2021, when several safety-related violations were documented, including requirements for smoke detector, carbon monoxide detector, and heating system notices, as well as issues with refuse/rubbish accumulation in the public hall. Health-related concerns have been documented, including several Department of Health and Mental Hygiene investigations of food establishments (2023-2024) and rodent activity inspections in 2022 and 2025 indicating rat activity.

While the building has maintained a bedbug-free record in its most recent (2024) and prior (2020) reports, there have been multiple 311 service requests related to food safety and hygiene. The property also had heater-related complaints in 2020 and 2021, though these were eventually closed. The most recent building-related activity includes a July 2025 rodent inspection showing rat activity, and as of April 2024, there is an active violation for failing to file the 2023 external low-pressure inspection report.