446 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220

The three-unit residential building at 446 52nd Street in Sunset Park, owned by William Negron Jr, is a three-story Old Law Tenement constructed in 1920. The property has maintained a concerning pattern of Housing Maintenance Code violations over the past four years, with open violations regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports in accordance with HPD rules in 2021, 2022, 2023, and most recently in April 2024.

These recurring violations suggest ongoing non-compliance with basic housing maintenance requirements. The building has also experienced significant construction-related issues in recent years. In 2022, the Department of Buildings issued two Environmental Control Board violations against the owner for unauthorized construction work: one for installing additional bathroom facilities on the first floor and another for creating new rooms with full-height partitions, doors, and a three-piece bathroom in the cellar level without proper permits.

Both of these violations were subsequently resolved with no penalties imposed. The property had two notable complaints in 2020-2021 related to potential illegal conversions and unpermitted work, though these were either closed without violations being warranted or had stop work orders fully rescinded. On a more positive note, the building successfully passed a rodent inspection in June 2017, though this is now several years old relative to current conditions.