538 50th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220

The four-story, New Law Tenement building at 538 50th Street in Sunset Park, owned by Michael Decicco, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past two years. Most notably, in June 2024, multiple violations were documented regarding building security and maintenance, including problems with doors and locks at the first-story public hall, accumulation of refuse in the building's front yard, and an obstruction of the fire escape on the second story caused by plastic cord, all of which were classified as Class B and C violations.

These issues, filed through both 311 service requests and Housing Maintenance Code Complaints, were subsequently addressed and closed by July 2024, along with an earlier April 2024 violation regarding the failure to file the required annual bedbug report. The building's bedbug infestation history shows consistent compliance with eradication efforts since 2019, with all annual reports from 2019 through 2025 indicating zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested dwelling units.

The property has maintained regular bedbug reporting compliance, with the most recent filing in May 2025 covering the period from November 2023 to October 2024 showing no evidence of infestations. Prior to the 2024 violations, the last significant maintenance issue was a March 2023 bedbug report filing non-compliance notice, which was addressed. The building's overall violation history since 2019 demonstrates periodic maintenance issues, though the most recent cluster of violations in 2024 stands out as the most significant in terms of number and nature of problems affecting resident safety and building security.