473 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

The 7-unit, 4-story tenement building at 473 17th Street in Windsor Terrace, owned by Elise Dejong and constructed in 1931, has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years. Most notably, there was a building-wide heat and hot water outage reported in October 2021, though these services were confirmed to have been restored within days of the complaint.

The building has also faced ongoing maintenance compliance challenges, including an active Department of Buildings violation from April 2023 regarding the failure to file the 2022 external low-pressure inspection, and a 2022 Environmental Control Board violation related to multiple gas system deficiencies including a defective gas pressure switch vent and ventilation issues at the gas meter, for which a penalty of $625 was imposed. While the building's bedbug reporting history from 2021 through 2024 shows consistent reporting periods with zero infested units, suggesting effective pest management practices, there was a significant administrative non-compliance issue noted in 2021 regarding the failure to file the annual bedbug report.

The property has maintained a rodent-free status since passing an inspection in June 2018, and has recently addressed some housing maintenance code violations, including one from 2021 requiring the posting of housing information guides in English and Spanish. Each of these issues has been closed, though it's worth noting that the current status of the 2023 external low-pressure inspection violation remains active as of October 2023.