540 51st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220
The property at 540 51st Street in Sunset Park is a three-unit, three-story Old Law Tenement building owned by Bin Chen and constructed in 1905.
The building's recent history shows recurring issues with bedbug reporting compliance, with open violations recorded in 2024, 2023, and 2022, all citing the failure to file the required annual bedbug report as per Housing Maintenance Code requirements. While there was a bedbug report filed in April 2021 covering the period from November 2019 to October 2020, it indicated no infested units and no instances of eradication or re-infestation during that period.
A notable safety concern was documented in February 2019, when an Environmental Control Board violation was issued regarding the absence of guardrails at the roof level of windows in the bulkhead, creating a serious fall hazard - though this violation was subsequently resolved without any financial penalties. The building's records indicate a pattern of non-compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with violations persisting through at least 2024, though the absence of reported infestations in the 2021 filing may suggest this is primarily an administrative oversight rather than a reflection of current pest conditions.
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Building Characteristics
Total units | 3 |
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Year built | 1905 |
Total area | 2751 sq ft |
Floors | 3 |
Tax Abatements | None |
Building Class | OLD LAW TENEMENT |

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