5517 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11220

The 6-unit, 4-story building at 5517 5th Avenue in Sunset Park, owned by Joel Radmin, was constructed in 1931 and has experienced several notable issues over recent years. Between 2022-2024, there were multiple emergency housing maintenance complaints and violations primarily related to door security and maintenance, including problems with vestibule doors, locks, and fire retardant plaster.

The building has also faced recurring mobile food vendor-related complaints in 2023-2024, particularly concerning food temperature violations that required Health Department intervention. More recent inspections from March 2023 revealed an open violation regarding the filing of annual bedbug reports, though record-keeping suggests no reported infestations since 2024, and previous years showed consistent eradication of any identified units from 2019-2024. The property has had some significant infrastructure challenges, including two heavy water leak incidents in 2018 and emergency heat/hot water issues in 2020.

Security and maintenance concerns have been a recurring theme, with multiple housing maintenance code violations related to doors, locks, and vestibule conditions being documented across 2022-2023. While rodent inspections in 2018 showed initial failures, subsequent 2014 inspections passed. The building's recent history of health department involvement and open violations regarding building access and security features suggests ongoing maintenance challenges, though the absence of reported bedbug infestations in the most recent two-year reporting period is a positive development.